Genesis 16: God of the Runaways (Hagar and Ishmael)

She ran through the dust with fire in her lungs

No one callin' her name… but one

Sarai said, "Take her, she's mine to give"

So I did what she asked, but forgot how to live

Hagar carried the weight I should've known

Got caught in the cracks of a broken home

She looked on her mistress with wounded pride

And Sarai turned cold, fists and lies

I didn't speak, just turned away

Let it burn 'til she ran from the pain

Where do you go…

When no one wants you to stay?

She met the God of the runaways

At a spring where the silence breaks

He said, "I see you, I know your name"

In the wild, she found grace

You can't outrun what heaven holds

You're not forgotten, you're not alone

The world called her used —

God called her brave

That's the God of the runaways

She said, "I'm tired, I'm torn, I'm lost in the heat"

But the angel just smiled, said, "Stand on your feet"

"You'll bear a son, and he'll rise with a cry

They'll call him wild, but he won't die"

Ishmael — it means He hears

Born in exile, but marked in tears

She gave God a name that day

Said, "He sees me where I lay"

Where did you come from

Where will you go

He met her low

And called her whole

She met the God of the runaways

At a spring where mercy stays

No crown, no robe, no stage

Just a whisper that shook her shame

He built her story from the cracks

Gave her a future that fought back

The world said "slave"

He called her saved

Yeah, that's the God… of the runaways

He saw her there…

And He hears us too