Baby Laughter

Did you know that God has laughter in your future?  Do you ever  get so focused on the problems and trials you are going through in following Christ that you forget there are some really fun times to come?  Do you think that Jesus and his disciples had a good hard laugh together?  Do you ever wonder if God has a sense of humor?

I have read this week about Isaac, whose very name means laughter -"he laughs" in Hebrew.  Abraham laughed before God when the Lord told him he would have a son in his old age.  In Genesis 17:21 God even told them to give him the name Isaac. Sarah laughed to herself in Genesis 18:12 where her strange heavenly guests told Abraham she would have a baby by this time next year.  They gave the baby a name that brings back the memory.  They also gave him the name that would point to what people would do when they heard that people as old as Sarah and Abraham had a child.  They laughed.  They would snicker.  They would say, "No way" (in Hebrew of course).

I think it also points to an experience that Abraham and Sarah would have in the future as this child of promise, this miracle baby, came into their lives.  There would be a lot more laughter in their tent and their lives.  God planned that for them and he plans that for you.

This Sunday we will talk about a "Path through Trials."  But maybe today we just need a moment to reflect on the laughter God brings into our lives, often through children.  Take a minute to watch this video and think about Abraham, Sarah and Isaac laughing.  God has some good laughs in our future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUulGkLu4I

(Disclaimer:  As you go to this video, I have no control over what ad if any may show before you see it but it is just over a minute long and you will not be able to keep from laughing).

for the journey...

Tim