For When You Feel Forgotten

In those moments when you feel cast out by the world, when you feel forgotten, unheard, unworthy, unloved… listen to Hagar’s story in Genesis. The Egyptian slave woman of Abraham and Sarah, Hagar is forced into surrogacy. She suffers a great deal and twice feels cast out into the wilderness. But each time, God finds her. God hears her cries and promises her redemption. Though she feels that all is lost, God assures her that new life and abundance will come. God is with her, and her son Ishmael, always. May this story remind you that no matter what the world tells you, God loves you and cares for you. All is not lost and you are not alone; God is with you always.