Every worry on our part portrays a lack of trust in Him
“And Hashem opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went and filled the pouch with water and gave the lad to drink.” (Bereishis 21:19)
The Midrash says that by filling up her pitcher, Hagar showed a lack of emunah. But she was alone in the desert with a sick child. Wasn’t this a reasonable action?
However, for Hagar, who left her royal family to be part of Avraham’s family, this act was not befitting of her level of emunah. She overstepped the fine line between the obligation of hishtadlus and trusting Hashem to provide. (Rav Yehudah Leib Chasman, Ohr Yahel)
The gloom-and-doom day came out of the nowhere. The weather was beautiful; my mood wasn’t. I felt like the weight of the world and all its inhabitants were perched right on top of my aching shoulders.
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