by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 1, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 2:1 (NKJV) “…’…My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.’” The horn symbolizes strength and victory. The horn is that part of me that needs to be lifted up. The horn of my life can only be lifted up “in...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 2:1 (NKJV) “…’My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.’” It is possible to still rejoice even when things are not going as you expect, but this must be rejoicing in the...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:24 (NKJV) “Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young.” Of all the things Hannah brought to the Lord at Shiloh,...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
“’Do what seems best to you,’ her husband Elkanah told her. ‘Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good his word.’…” What seems best for you may not always be what’s God’s will, and we must be careful in walking this path. We must not make...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:22 (NKJV) “…for she said to her husband, ‘Not until the child is weaned; then I will take him, that he may appear before the Lord and remain there forever.’” As usual and per family ritual, Elkanah had wanted his family to go to Shiloh to worship God, but...