Year after year, this man (Elkanah) would take his two wives and the children (sons and daughters he had through Peninah) up to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the LORD Almighty. (I like the fact that he was leading the family to worship, setting a good example :-).
When the day came to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to Peninnah and all her kids. But to ...HANNAH he gave a DOUBLE portion because he LOVED her and the LORD had CLOSED her womb. It would have been easy in that culture for Elkanah to have treated Hannah like a failure or accuse her of some sin. But that was not the case. Instead he LOVED her, and every year he would give her a DOUBLE portion!
Ya'll, That's what Grace does... It gives you what you have NOT or could NOT earn. He recognized that GOD had closed her womb.
After years of trying to achieve success in this area, Elkanah acknowledged that it was out of his hands, and so he chose to still love his wife, and to continue in sacrifice and worship to God.
Perhaps God was setting them up to be desperate for HIS will in the situation...stay tuned!
Grace and peace
After years of trying to achieve success in this area, Elkanah acknowledged that it was out of his hands, and so he chose to still love his wife, and to continue in sacrifice and worship to God.
Perhaps God was setting them up to be desperate for HIS will in the situation...stay tuned!
Grace and peace
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