"Surely the Lord is in this place," he whispered, "and I was not aware of it."
When Jacob awoke, the chill of the morning air was still there, but his fear was gone. He looked at the stone that had been his pillow and realized he hadn’t been alone in the desert. bethel
Years passed. Jacob became a wealthy man with a large family, but life’s complications had drifted him far from that original encounter. He settled in other lands, faced new tragedies, and allowed "foreign gods"—distractions and old habits—to creep back into his household. "Surely the Lord is in this place," he
Eventually, the "God of Bethel" called to him again. The instruction was simple: "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there." More Blessings and Back to Bethel Jacob became a wealthy man with a large