She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her:
"You are the God who sees me,"
for she said,
"I have now seen the One who sees me."
That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 16:13-14 NIV
Why would Hagar say that to God?
Because for her whole life, she'd been invisible.
The servant girl.
Who had no life, no aspirations, no dreams... except to do just what Sarai wants...
And now for the first time, someone has seen her as an individual. As a person.
She was seen.
Who are the invisible in your world?
The unseen.
And if you feel like that, invisible, there's a place called the "well of the living One who sees me" where Hagar found out that God sees her, knows her, and loves her.
#dearlyloved
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