Devotion for a Tired Mom
“She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, ‘You’re the God who sees
me! Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!’ That’s how that desert spring got named ‘GodAlive-Sees-Me Spring.
’ That spring is still there,...
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Devotion for a Tired Mom
“She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, ‘You’re the God who sees
me! Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!’ That’s how that desert spring got named ‘GodAlive-Sees-Me Spring.
’ That spring is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
Hagar gave
Abram a son.
” Genesis 16:13–16
As a mom of two preschoolers and a baby, I felt invisible.
No, I wasn’t the Disappearing Woman.
It’s
just that the creative, witty, fun-to-hang-out-with woman was hidden under my baby-food-stained Tshirt and baggy sweats.
I still had a reflection in the mirror, but the woman who picked up scattered
toys and washed peanut-butter fingers was unrecognizable.
Unlike Hagar, I wasn’t in a desert, but
there were times my sense of worth felt parched.
Just like God showed up in Hagar’s time of need,
He showed up in my life too.
In a time when I felt unseen, God reminded me I was in His sights.
The angel of God found Hagar beside a spring in a desert, and God also led me to
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