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Where Are You Going?

Genesis 16:7-10 "The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. And he said, 'Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?' 'I'm running away from my mistress Sarai,' she answered. Then the angel of the Lord told her, 'Go back to your mistress and submit to her.' The angel added, 'I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count.'" Hagar was a victim of circumstance. Ancient custom stated that if a woman was childless, she could make her maid sleep with her husband and if they produced a child, legally it would belong to the wife. That is exactly what Sarai did to Hagar. Only she couldn't take it when Hagar became pregnant and she treated her like dirt. Hagar did the only thing she thought she could do....she ran. Next thing you know, she's wandering around alone in the desert and the scripture says the angel