Life giving water

Monday June 23rd, Genesis 21: 17-18 Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation." 19 Just then God opened her eyes. She looked. She saw a well of water. She went to it and filled her canteen and gave the boy a long, cool drink. Don’t be afraid. We hear the words over and over again with the coming of Godly intervention in the life of humanity. Fear Not, God is here and will set God’s plan into action. God’s plan in this case is to save Hagar and Ishmael, the progenitor of the Arab race, and bless him and send him on his way. Is the water God gave them any different than the living water given to the woman at the well, any different than the water given to the wondering followers of Moses in the wilderness, any different than the life giving water used in baptism? No, it is a gift from God. Now is the time to recognize Ishmael’s story also as a story of a blessed and legitimate child of God.