g2g: they're not laughing at her, they're laughing with her.

Uh-oh...I skipped my Wednesday Girl 2 Girl post! Better get started on it now :)

You might've heard the name "Sarah" mentioned in church once or twice. But she's definitely not as popular as Eve. So who is Sarah? And what does laughing have to do with anything! Keep readin'!

Well, first off, she was Abraham's wife. They had tried for a long time to have kids, but they never had any success. So you know how disappointed she must have felt.

Anyway, one day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, noticed three men standing nearby, and ran to welcome them, bowing low to the ground. They asked to rest under one of his trees, and Abraham agreed.

"Where is Sarah, your wife?" the visitors asked.

"She's inside the tent," Abraham replied.

Then one of them said, "I will return to you about this time next year and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!"

Sarah, good 'ol Sarah, was of course, eavesdropping (did I spell that right? IDK...). Both she and Abraham were very old by this time, and she was long past the age of having children. She laughed to herself and said, "How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master--my husband--is as old?

Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Why did she say, 'Can an old woman like me have a baby?' Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."

Sure enough, she gave birth to Isaac. Abraham was literally 100 years old when Isaac was born! And she declared, "God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me..."

I'm laughing with her. Not because she was old or anything. I'm laughing because she didn't think God could do it. Tehe :) He can do anything He wants...that's for sure.