Blessed to Be a Blessing: Abraham & Sarah's Laughter
Illustration showing that even Abraham and Sarah laughed at God's promises (Genesis 17:17, 18:12), but God's response—"Is anything too hard for the Lord?"—rescues us from both pride and despair.
This is stories & illustrations on cynical laughter and is anything too hard for adults, drawing on Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:12 and Genesis 18:14. It carries an emotional tone of honesty, hope and wonder.
If we're brutally honest, do we even get to the point where we laugh at the promises of the Lord like Abram and Sarah did? If you think Abraham and Sarah didn't have any doubts, think again.
Genesis 17:17: "Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, 'Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?'"
And when the Lord came to Abraham and Sarah with the news that Sarah would bear a child by the same time next year: "Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, 'After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?'" (Genesis 18:12)
People of God, listen carefully to the words of the Lord in response to this cynical laughter:
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