Tagged: Sarah

El Roi: God Who Sees Me

  God Who Sees Me Shame,  compromise, adultery, jealously, rejection, hopelessness. Would God step into such  a mess? Well, step in He did, and revealed my favorite Name: El Roi, God Who Sees Me. Genesis 16 tells the story of Hagar, Sarah’s maid, who became entangled in Sarah’s drama. Sarah, Abraham’s wife, was in her 80s and childless. In Biblical times, society believed a childless woman was cursed by God. So, in her shame, rather… Read More

Can You Bear It 10 Times?

  It was going to be nice and simple. I already had my verse chosen. Bear How many times can that be a significant idea in Scripture? Not thinking clearly, I decided to do a word search on bear. Oh My Gosh!!! As I read them, I found that Bear relates to every facet of Christian life! Could I choose just one? Nope. So here we go: the first bear Genesis 17:19 Then God said,… Read More