Genesis 17-20
Tonight I cannot help but be amazed by the laughter and joy of God. Today is one of my favorites as a college student. It is the day after Christmas beak, and all of the student return to their dorms and their friends. I love watching them find their friends. I love seeing them become so thrilled to find themselves back at school...I love the way that this building echoes with excited greetings and reunion.
God has a wonderful personality that I truly love catching glimpses of. Tonight, I read about both Abraham and Sarah’s reactions to God’s announcement that Sarah was going to become a mother in her nineties. Both of them laughed and essentially said. “Yeah, like that’s gonna happen!” Even through God had performed huge miracles in their lives, both Abraham and Sarah still laughed at the ridiculous idea that God had announced as fact.
What really just makes me laugh about this story is the fact that God also chose the name of Abraham and Sarah’s baby. He told them to name this kid, “He laughs.” We really do serve a God of irony. He chose to name the baby “Laughter” almost as if to say “Yes, this is ridiculous…this didn’t just happen. You laughed at this idea, but I made it happen.
I could be completely wrong about the interpretation of this passage…no question, I do not always get these things right. I do know that God does like to remind us of his incredible power…and I do know that he has an awesome sense of humor.
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