Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
Genesis 21:14 NIV
Was Abraham paying the price for giving Sarah into the King's harem to save his own skin?
Was it just Sarah being vindictive? Regretting the scheme to get a son in the first place?
It certainly wasn't anything that Hagar had done, but she was paying the price.
Despised.
Rejected
Sent outside the safety and security of her home.
We too have One who paid the price for our sin.
Despised.
Rejected.
Sent outside the gate to die a criminal's death...
I've made selfish decisions just like Abraham, shown no grace or forgiveness just like Sarah, and am in need of a saviour.
What a wonderful thing that we have one :)
#grace
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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