I DO NOT KNOW IF HAGAR
WAS SINNER
OR SAINT
CERTAINLY
ABRAM
AND SARAI
WEREN’T
MOST LIKELY
LIKE MOST OF US
THEY WERE
BOTH
I DO KNOW SHE WAS AN ABUSED WOMAN
WITHOUT HER CONSENT
SHE WAS A WOMB FOR ABRAM’S SEED
SHE WAS A SLAVE
A WALKING TOOL
HER OPINION DIDN’T COUNT
LIFTED OUT OF ANONYMITY
SHE STRUTTED
IN HER NEW IMPORTANCE
AND DISPLEASED HER MISTRESS
SARAI TREATED HER SO HARSHLY
SHE RAN AWAY
THE LORD FOUND HER NEAR WATER
THE LORD ALWAYS FINDS US IN WATER
I HAVE HEARD YOUR CRY
AND THE CHILD’S
YOU WILL NAME HIM ISHMAEL
MEANING
THE LORD WILL HEAR
HAGAR SAID
I WILL CALL YOU
EL-ROI
FOR I HAVE SEEN GOD
AND YET I LIVE
AT GOD’S REQUEST
SHE RETURNED TO SERVITUDE
TO RAISE HER SON
FOURTEEN YEARS LATER
SARAH’S ISAAC WAS BORN
HER JOY
HER LAUGHTER
BUT TROUBLE STARTED AGAIN
THERE WAS JEALOUSY
BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN
SO HAGAR GIVEN
BREAD AND WATER
WAS EXILED
WHEN THE WATER WAS GONE
SHE PLACED THE CHILD UNDER A BUSH
SO SHE WOULD NOT HEAR ITS DEATH CRIES
BUT GOD HEARD
THE CRIES OF THE CHILD
THE SOBS OF THE MOTHER
AND BROUGHT WATER
HAGAR THOUGHT
NO MATTER
IF THE WORLD BRINGS ME LOW
OR MY OWN BEHAVIOR DOES
GOD DOES HEAR MY CRIES
AND SHE PRAYED
I LOVE THE LORD
FOR HE HEARD
MY VOICE
HE HEARD
MY CRY FOR MERCY
JUST AS I AM
HE BROUGHT ME WATER
FRANK A VOLLMER
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