Hagar is sent away with a bottle of water and some bread. She's alone with her child in the wilderness. The text describes her wandering in the desert of Beersheba.
My mother was a refugee for three years. She talked about the wandering - not having a place, not knowing where the next meal came from. This verse was her verse. Not in a triumphant way, but in an honest way - the wandering is what it is. Terrifying and real.
When God shows up in her story, He doesn't erase the wandering. He shows her the well that was already there. But the wandering still happened. The fear was real.
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