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...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 17, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:6-7 (NKJV) “And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable…So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.” Provocation has only one goal, and that is to cause...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:6 (NKJV) “And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.” Life is full of competition and rivalry, and many will seek to provoke you for unnecessary reasons. Even when you do not desire to partake in...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog, Reflections From 1st Samuel
1 Samuel 1:3 (NKJV) “This man went up from his city yearly to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. Also the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.” Scripture tells us that Elkanah went every year to Shiloh to...
