Don’t Be a Peninnah

by Terry Wane Benton

Peninnah provoked Hannah severely to “make her miserable" (1 Sam.1:6). If you don’t have anything better in life to do than to make someone miserable, you have made yourself pretty worthless. The story shows a serious flaw in the arrangement of polygamy, but it also shows a flaw in personal character. Loving your neighbor as yourself and the golden rule are surely not observed when you make it your aim to bully or otherwise make someone miserable.

Don’t be a Peninnah!