There's a whole lot of...
There's a whole lot of laughter going on in our Genesis passages for today. First, Sarah
laughs when she hears one of the visitors who has come to their tent telling Abraham that
he, Abraham, and Sarah are going have a son.
Sarah's 90 and Abraham's 100! -- no wonder Sarah laughs! Have a baby at her age?
Impossible!
But the guest replies, "Is anything too wonderful for the Lord?" (18:14).
Then the required number of months passes and Sarah does indeed have a son, and
Abraham names the boy "Isaac," which means "laughter." And now the laughing turns to