Dear Diary...
This creative story unfolds in the form of a diary. One mid-day afternoon
during heavy rainfall, Ausha, deciding to take a nap, unexpectedly has her
dream interrupted by a beautiful young maiden named "Hagar," who
comes and sits beside her. Smiling at her, this maiden, who appears to be about
her age, smiles back and hands her an old, rickety, worn book.
With a look of puzzlement on her face, Ausha
accepts it. Nodding her head, the wide-eyed maiden's gesture encourages her to
open it. Ausha's thought at that moment was: "Why is this maiden
smiling?" Based on what she had learned about Hagar in biblical history,
she had nothing to smile about. As Ausha cracks open the ancient book, light,
sound, and dust erupt from it!  Brushing off the first page, she (Ausha)
gasped as she sees this caption, "My Diary." Quickly thumbing through
the pages, she notices that they're blank.
When she looks up to question the maiden, Hagar
is no longer there. Suddenly, a loud thunderous sound awakens her from her nap.
Excited and now in pursuit of her own journal's journey, she sets out to dig
through the ancient scriptures of the Bible for answers. Fused with a charge
and her God-given imagination, Ausha goes in search of the reason for Hagar's
smile. She hopes to aid this young maiden by filling in a unique perspective of
content to the pages of her (Hagar's) historical diary.
Also shared in this amazing book are six created
modern-day stories from the diaries of different women. I pray your heart is
enlightened and your imagination engaged as we once again discover the
faithfulness of El Roi, "The God Who Sees Me." (Ref: Gen 16:13)