Hagar’s name for God when He saw her affliction (Genesis 16:13).
At a spring in the wilderness
on the road to ‘Sure’
where I am in the in-between
of where I’ve come from
and where I am going…
God meets me
to help me
on my way to ‘sure’
by asking His timely wise questions
helping me to see and know
Where is it I have come from?
Where is it I am going?
He doesn’t come to tell me
He comes to ask me
to tell Him.
This God Who Springs forth
in dry places
where I don’t know where I’m going.
I drink.
I listen.
I answer.
In the answering I understand me
and I realize I am understood.
His breath blows on my understanding
it’s like a dance
He and me
figuring out me, together.
Peace comes…
even in this unknown place
between…
as I comprehend
I’m never alone
but known,
seen.
And suddenly
little me
“Slave girl of Sarah’
carrying child not Your plan
know Who You are.
You are El Roi.
For I have seen
the One Who Sees me.
In the seeing Who You are
I know who I am
and where I am.
I am ‘one who is seen’
and
I am in Your watchful care.
No matter between
Wandering (Kadesh) & Cold (Bered)
on the road to sure….
and the most amazing thing
is You allowing
little woman slave me
to NAME God.
I know You see
I know You see me
and I know this:
You are The Mighty
who condescends
to the low.
You, All-Knowing
descend
onto every path I go.
You – Living Water
spring forth in my thirst
and memorialize my passing
with a well named after Yourself.
~ thoughts inspired from Hagar’s story in Genesis 16.
BY: Janet Robinson