CALL HIM LAUGHTER
This story is a real laugher.
“God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah (princess) will be her name. I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?” So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable to you!” But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.” (Genesis 17:15-19) Abraham couldn’t stop laughing.
In Genesis 18, three guests appear ‘at the Oaks of Mamre’ and speak to Abraham, “Where is Sarah your wife?” (v.9) She was nearby in the tent.
“The Lord said, “I will certainly come back to you in about a year’s time, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent behind him. Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. So she laughed to herself: “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I have delight?” But the Lord asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Can I really have a baby when I’m old?’ Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.” Sarah denied it. “I did not laugh,” she said, because she was afraid. But he replied, “No, you did laugh.” (Genesis 18:10-15) Sarah couldn’t stop laughing.
Sarah gave birth to Isaac (Genesis 21:2). “Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.” She also said, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son for him in his old age.” (21:6-7) It’s a real laugher. The name Isaac means ‘he will laugh.’ What a hoot. Ha, ha, ha.
“I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Jesus