Genesis 21:17

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "...Do not be afraid; God has heard..."

Sometimes it just hurts too much.  Recently I sat with a friend whose marriage is falling apart.  "All I want to do is curl up in that corner and cry and never come out," she said.  I know that pain.  I remember lying on my closet floor sobbing because of the pain of my husband's porn addiction.  Whether it's an addiction, abuse, neglect, an affair, divorce...it hurts.  The wounds are deep and you feel alone and forgotten.

But never forget this - God has heard.  He sees your tears.  He hears the cries of your heart, even the ones too deep to come to the surface.  He knows your pain.  Earlier, in Genesis 16, Hagar called God El Roi - the God Who Sees. 

You are not alone.  You are not forgotten.  El Roi is with you every step of the way.