...She Laughed God To Scorn!

 

"..So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my Lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?" Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, "Will I really have a child, now that I am old?" Is anything too hard for the Lord?" - Genesis 18:12-14

So I imagine here, Abraham turning towards their tent. Their beautiful "home made" colored blind pulled half way to the side: "Sarah is it true you are laughing at God? Are you laughing at what He said right now or something else? 

I can relate totally with Sarah's story. It's a part of my own life's journey, so I get it. Never imagined in a million years, that it would be a path I'd walk. I giggled when I heard someone say this a long time ago; "when people say things like -I can't believe this is happening to me- who then is deserving of that suffering?" lol They have a point though :) I think that what most people actually mean when they say this, is that they are "good people" who do not deserve any kind of suffering. And that's because our partly baked hearts associate suffering with evil and the non existence of it with good. If by definition that is correct, then Jesus had no business being on the Cross. It should have been a wretched sinner on there paying for thier sins. So this post is not longer than it should be, I'll attempt to define "good" another day. Over the years I have learnt though to be grateful for the gift of feeling weak and helpless, but at the same time all so grateful for the gift of being made strong. I mean it's not to say that everyday has been a "lullaby" but it gets better and better when we walk it with God. Elisabeth Elliot, a woman I admire so much quoted this:

 "Whatever is in the cup that God is offering to me, whether it be pain and sorrow and suffering and grief along with the many more joys, I am willing to take it because I trust him" - Yo, that's WILD!  

Walked through seasons in my life, where I felt deeply ashamed, singled out, relegated and unloved by God. I have had moments where it felt like if God didn't do this one thing, I won't have any significant reason for existing. When you have had to deal with real hurts and disdain from the uncultured and the unkind. Been made a scapegoat by the confused and the ignorant. Received all kinds of unsolicited diagnoses from people who are not even doctors. Have people breeze in out of your life because there was really nothing major happening with you, and when you have heard the echoes of pity & insensitive whispers from the "strong" & "quiver full". Boi, it can truly feel like it is you up against the rest of the world. Thankfully I no longer feel that God does not love me. Infact I am convinced strongly that He loves me deeply and that He is very much interested in my life. Month after month & years after years seeing "aunty flow's" passionate visit can make "dream sprinkles" feel like a joke. We can laugh like Sarah did and God is like "Am I joke to you?" LOL. 

I love how God uses our suffering in this life to mold and shape us. Particularly at moments of weakness and seeming helplessness. The enemy may take a jab at "weak hearts" in unguarded moments, but God is all the while doing something new behind the scene. It is the many wonders of who and what He embodies, I love so very much. You think you have known enough of who He is, but you know nothing!

It is not the strong that sees God, it is the weak! - Seun Rominiyi

Sarah laughed God to scorn, but it never stopped God from doing His business. I am so glad that no matter what our limitations are, or how weak and crumbling our faith may get, we can be sure that God will keep His integrity, even if everyone else fails to keeps theirs. God is not at all intimidated by time or small minds. He is never also going to shrink back, even if the person who disqualifies you is YOU! So don't laugh God to scorn, rather be patient enough to share a GOOD laugh with Him!

'The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash  thier teeth at them, but the Lord laughs,  seeing as thier day is coming" - Psalm 37:13

"He who sits in the heavens laughs,  The Lord scoffs at them" - Psalm 2:4

"Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me". And she added, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age" - Genesis 21:6-7

Dang! - HAHAHAHA :)

Love,

SR