Show Don't Tell: Genesis 16:1-16

Instead of saying "Sarai gave Hagar to Abram and Hagar became pregnant," feel the desperation that precedes disaster. Ten years of waiting. Ten years of empty cradles. Sarai hatches a plan: "Sleep with my servant." Watch Abram agree without argument. And it works—Hagar conceives. But see the dynamic shift: Hagar's belly swelling, her chin lifting, contempt entering her eyes. Sarai erupts: "This is your fault!" Abram shrugs: "She's your servant." Watch Hagar flee into the desert, pregnant and alone, drinking from a spring when the angel finds her. "Where have you come from, and where are you going?" She has no answer. But God gives her a promise too: her son will be named Ishmael—"God hears." Even the mistakes, even the shortcuts—God hears.