“Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
— Genesis 21:18 God is faithful beyond our ability to think or imagine.
Some years earlier, Sarah (formerly Sarai) had come up with a plan to produce an heir for Abraham (formerly Abram). Her scheme was outside of God’s plan (Genesis 16-17), but she decided to try it anyway. She gave her servant, Hagar, to Abram to …