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Lessons from Hagar

As a mother of two grown sons it is not always easy to let go and trust God for their future, let alone my own. God has been reminding me through the story of Hagar that I can trust Him with my life and the life of my children and grandchildren. I simply need to let go and let God.

-Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him (1)

Hagar was an Egyptian servant and Sarah’s handmaiden. Sarah was barren and desperate to have a child, so desperate that she ran ahead of God’s plan and had Abraham marry her servant for the sole purpose of Hagar becoming a surrogate for Sarah.

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