Bethel -

With no tent and no fire, he pulled a smooth stone from the earth to serve as his pillow. It was a cold, unforgiving start to his exile. But that night, the hard place transformed.

Jacob was a man on the run. Behind him lay a family fractured by his own deception; ahead lay a vast, uncertain wilderness. As the sun dipped below the horizon of the Judean hills, he found himself alone in a place called , a name that meant "the hard place." bethel

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. With no tent and no fire, he pulled