by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:15 (NKJV) “But Hannah answered and said, ‘No, my Lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.” There are two wrong responses we often make when we are troubled and...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:12-13 (NKJV) “And it happened, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli watched her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved…Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.” As spiritual beings, we need to go beyond physical human...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 20, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:11 (NKJV) “Then she made a vow and said, ‘O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me… but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life…’” One...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 19, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:9-10 (NKJV) “So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh… And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.” Hannah was not a hermit; neither did she have bouts of depression. She was not an anti-social...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 18, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:8 (NKJV) “Then Elkanah her husband said to her, ‘Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?’” Some people may mean well and seek to lift off the burden of your pain, but there is a...
