Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Samuel 1: 21-28
by: Paula Davis.
Hannah spent many years longing and praying for a child. In Hannah’s time a barren woman was shunned in her community almost in the same way as an adulteress. Hannah had every reason to be bitter and angry with God, but instead she dedicated herself and the baby she was hoping for to the Lord. When Hannah gave birth to Samuel, it would have been very tempting to keep him at home and raise him to love the Lord there, but her vow was to “give him to the Lord for all the days of his life.” (v. 11) Hannah was faithful, becoming an example to us of fulfilling a vow, regardless of the personal price.