Each step brought the familiar sights and sounds closer. The annual trek to the tabernacle was one dreaded by Hannah. The trip only meant more of the teasing and taunting; when would it ever end?
As the smell of the constant, burning incense of tabernacle lamps became stronger and stronger, Hannah’s broken spirit poured out words of desperation. Anguish flooded her body, disabling her voice.
The tabernacle’s perfumes waft higher into the air and Hannah’s prayers trailed just behind them, soaring to the heavens, rousing the attention of her heavenly Father…
The One Who loves:
The Sensational Scent of Prayer. Foreword by Karen Ehman, Proverbs 31 Ministries
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This book focuses on the story of Hannah and her answers to prayer. It a very short book/story. It doesn't take long to read, but it sure makes you think about prayer. How we pray and are expectations are explained. I really enjoyed reading this story.
Each step brought the familiar sights and sounds closer. The annual trek to the tabernacle was one dreaded by Hannah. The trip only meant more of the teasing and taunting; when would it ever end?
As the smell of the constant, burning incense of tabernacle lamps became stronger and stronger, Hannah’s broken spirit poured out words of desperation. Anguish flooded her body, disabling her voice.
The tabernacle’s perfumes waft higher into the air and Hannah’s prayers trailed just behind them, soaring to the heavens, rousing the attention of her heavenly Father…
I felt like I was reading an unfinished product. In fact, when I started reading the book I had no idea what was being discussed (I didn't read many descriptions about it before diving in).It me some time to figure out that she was talking about the Biblical story of Hannah and Samuel.
The idea could have been a great one, but it just never reached its full potential. Only a few times did I feel the book actually tried to connect to its title and subject of scent.