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Stephanie Dibb Sorensen

Stephanie Dibb Sorensen

Assistant Teaching Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University; author and podcast guest speaker.

May 28, 2026

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Uh, her child Samuel.
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And she had c- and, uh, her promise to come that she had made to give him to the Lord was like a literal promise because she was giving him to the temple to be raised in the priesthood in an order of the priesthood that he would be trained in.
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And in verses 26 through 28: "She said, 'Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.'" Here I am coming back to the temple, where I stood and prayed.
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Verse 27, "For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him.
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Therefore, also, I have lent him to the Lord.
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As long as he liveth, he shall be lent to the Lord." Now, again, just like we said that Hannah was representative of all covenant women, when she made that promise about I, if I have this child, if I have this child, I will give him to you, we see her on the flip side at the point where now, "Okay, I'm giving him to you." Now the reason I wanted to talk to you, talk to you about this today is because, and maybe in your audience there are others in similar stages, but I am the stage in my life where I just became an empty nester.

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