The God Who Hears

But God heard the boy crying,

and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven.

“Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid!

God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

Go to him and comfort him,

for I will make a great nation from his descendants.

Genesis 21: 17-18 (NLT)

          She had nothing. No home, no friends, no family, no inheritance for her son, no future, no prospects for marriage. Neither a virgin nor a widow, Hagar was considered a soiled woman.

Alone in the wilderness, Hagar wept. She wept for her child, she wept for ruined dreams and crushed hopes, she wept for the pain of betrayal and loss. She wept for the precious one she could not bear to lose.

          But God…  But God heard. God saw. God cared. He wasn’t done with her yet. Because of his great love, God stepped in and redeemed her story.

Though she appeared to have nothing, Hagar had everything; for she had God on her side.

Changes everything, doesn’t it?