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...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 27, 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.’” We, humans, are “amusing” people. In our times of desperation or spiritual elation, we can make...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 26, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:20 (NKJV) “So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel…” God could have done an instantaneous miracle, and Hannah could have become pregnant and given birth in the same month; but that would...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:19 (NKJV) “Then they rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord…And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.” Faith is insufficient without accompanying action. Where faith stands alone, our faith is incomplete. Worship is...
