And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.”
Can a man (or a woman) really deal this way with the Almighty? The proper theological answer I suppose is no, of course not. But Hannah was not a proper theologian. Nor was her ancestor Jacob when he wrestled all night with the angel.
Studied theologians don’t necessarily make good wrestlers. Perhaps you can’t really be one without the other.
