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This morning we are invited to exam our soul (2 Cor 13:5) by asking ourselves the question: “Where have you come from and where are you going?” Gen 16:8
The context revolves around a relationship that goes from bad to worse, from enslavement (Gen 16:1-2a) to sex trafficking (Gen 16:2b-4a) to physical abuse (Gen 16:4b- Gen 16:6a).
The world got so bad for the slave that she took her chances of surviving by running away into the desert hoping to get home to Egypt (Gen 16:6b).
An angel of the Lord found the slave by a spring in the desert and asks her our question for the day: “Where have you come from and where are you going?” (Gen 16:7-8)
Then the angel promises the slave that the best way to receive the blessings of God for her and her family is to return to her abusive mistress…God hasn’t forgotten her. In fact, God has seen her…and miraculously, in the midst of her miserable situation, she has in fact seen God (Gen 16:9-13).
Could it be that the richest part of life comes to us when we accept our fate, face up to calling, and live every minute as if it were treasure rather than something we try to merely ensure or elude?