Hagar, young and pregnant, despised and so totally alone, fled into the desert. She felt invisible. Taking refuge next to a well, an angel materialized and changed her life with a prophecy about her future and the future of the son she carried.

Overwhelmed, she named the well, “Beer Lahai Roi,” or, the “well of the Living One who sees me.” In doing so she gave God a new name, the God who sees me.

Do you ever feel invisible? As I read this story in Genesis 16, that’s how I imagine Hagar felt. Who cared about her heartache, or her desperate circumstances? Then I ask, who cares about mine?

The God who sees me. God comforted the pregnant slave girl. God sees the desperate. I may feel invisible, but that’s not actually the case. God sees me, with promise and attention to detail. The God who sees me sent his angel for Hagar, and sent his Son for us.

Wherever I am, whatever I’m facing, The God Who Sees Me, watches over me. And you as well.

Week two of reading the Bible cover to cover.

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