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A FORGOTTEN

MOTHER
GEN 16:7-15
7.) The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a desert spring along the road to Shur.
8.) The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s
servant, where have you come from, and
where are you going?” “I am running away
from my mistress,” she replied. 9.) Then the
angel of the LORD said, “Return to your
mistress and submit to her authority.” 10.)
The angel added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.” 11 And the
angel also said, “You are now pregnant and
will give birth to a son. You are to name him
Ishmael, for the LORD has heard about your
misery. 12.) This son of yours will be a wild
one — free and untamed as a wild donkey!
He will be against everyone, and everyone
will be against him. Yes, he will live at odds
with the rest of his brothers.” 13.) Therafter,
Hagar referred to the LORD, who had spoken to her, as “the God who sees me,” for
she said, “I have seen the One who sees me!”
14.) Later that well was named Beer-lahairoi, and it can still be found between Kadesh
and Bered. 15.) So Hagar gave Abram a son,
and Abram named him Ishmael.

First I would like to say Happy Mother’s
Day to all of you wonderful ladies who are
mothers. This is your special time where
we celebrate you! But in reality, you are
celebrated everyday! Last year we had a
young minister to speak at our church on
Mother’s Day, and she spoke on the above
passage of Scripture.This was a powerful
message and I want to share some key
points of that message with you. It takes
place after Sarah has given her handmaid,
Hagar, over to her husband Abram (who we
know becomes Abraham). But after Hagar
discovers that she had become Pregnant,
she had contempt for Sarah. This caused
Sarah to treat her harshly.Well now Hagar
begins to go through a state of depression,
and she goes out to a desert place where
something amazingly happens to her.
7.) The angel of the LORD found
Hagar beside a desert spring
along the road to Shur.
8.) The angel said to her, “Hagar,
Sarai’s servant, where have you
come from, and where are you
going?” “I am running away from
my mistress,” she replied.
9.) Then the angel of
the LORD said,“Return to your
mistressand submit to her
authority.”

We see in verse 7, that the angel of the
Lord finds her “beside a desert spring”.
How many mothers find themselves in a
deser Ё