O Lord of hosts, if you will You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but give your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor will never come on his head. I Samuel 1:11
Hanna had a lot of bad days. Her husband had another wife who was giving him children, but she could not. She felt the shame and was ridiculed daily. She prayed to the Lord for a son with the vow that if her request was granted she would give the son back to the Lord. Her son, Samuel was born with a Nazarite vow and a commitment to serve God from his youth. God granted her request and she kept her vow. After the child was weaned, she took him to the to Shiloh and dedicated Samuel to the Lord. Her great blessing was in her sacrifice. Samuel would be called of God as a judge over Israel, He would rule with a reputation of honesty and integrity all his life. How proud this mother must have been and how she was blessed for her sacrifice. How great in the sight of God was Hanna, the mother of Samuel.
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