"God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me." Genesis 21:6
I came across this verse when looking at some verses that dealt with laughter. This verse seemed odd to me until I read the entire passage of that part of Genesis. It is Sarah who is speaking these words about God bringing her laughter. The reason Sarah is so tickled is because she is almost a hundred years old and she just gave birth to her first baby! Yeah, that is something to laugh about because being pregnant and having a baby at 20something almost kills us now.
God promised Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son and name him Issac despite their old age and their infertility. The biological circumstances were totally stacked against Abraham and Sarah. However, God can do anything He wants and he turned that couple into parents at the ripe old age of almost 100! And as you know, the rest was history... You know, "Father Abraham had many sons..." (We all sang that one growing up!)
Have a restful Sunday.
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