6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatnesse, and with the blood of lambes and goates, with the fat of the kidneys of rammes: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
It was God who did not allow Hannah to have children.
Hannah wasn't barren - because there's a difference between barrenness and God not permitting something.
Peninnah, her rival, would provoke and humiliate her. Because Peninnah had many children.
And you know - there are people who, even while producing a lot, still want to disturb you.
People who, even while doing a lot, earning more than you, still look at you and want to provoke you.
Peninnah also longed to be loved, but she didn't have that place in Elkanah's heart.
I just felt led to look at Peninnah's side of the story, because every person who wounds others is usually wounded themselves.
Peninnah kept bothering Hannah because she felt excluded, rejected.
That doesn't justify her actions toward Hannah, but she stepped into that place of bitterness, that place of rejection. ( Hebrews 12:15)
Did you get the emotional storyline?
Because there are emotional layers . We're talking about real people.
Peninnah was a difficult person - and she was chosen second.
Now imagine the atmosphere in that house: The children watching two grown women constantly clashing.
Because Hannah was the true lady of the house. but she was sad - because she couldn't give her husband a child.
And meanwhile, her rival Peninnah was always with Elkanah - It must have been heartbreaking.
part 3
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatnesse, and with the blood of lambes and goates, with the fat of the kidneys of rammes: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
It was God who did not allow Hannah to have children.
Hannah wasn't barren - because there's a difference between barrenness and God not permitting something.
Peninnah, her rival, would provoke and humiliate her. Because Peninnah had many children.
And you know - there are people who, even while producing a lot, still want to disturb you.
People who, even while doing a lot, earning more than you, still look at you and want to provoke you.
Peninnah also longed to be loved, but she didn't have that place in Elkanah's heart.
I just felt led to look at Peninnah's side of the story, because every person who wounds others is usually wounded themselves.
Peninnah kept bothering Hannah because she felt excluded, rejected.
That doesn't justify her actions toward Hannah, but she stepped into that place of bitterness, that place of rejection. ( Hebrews 12:15)
Did you get the emotional storyline?
Because there are emotional layers . We're talking about real people.
Peninnah was a difficult person - and she was chosen second.
Now imagine the atmosphere in that house: The children watching two grown women constantly clashing.
Because Hannah was the true lady of the house. but she was sad - because she couldn't give her husband a child.
And meanwhile, her rival Peninnah was always with Elkanah - It must have been heartbreaking.
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