BRAGADAYJAH 49

Now it turned out that while Abraham was speaking to the heavenly Host, Sarah was listening from the doorway, and heard when Abraham was told that she shall have a son. Upon hearing what was said, she laughed to herself; not the gay laughter of satisfaction brought on by happy news, but the laughter of derision because she and Abraham were as far they were concerned, well past the age of child bearing. According to the text, “it ceased with her after the manner of women.” So Sarah mused, “now I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure, my husband being old also?” The Lord hearing what Sarah said in her heart asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, and questioned my statement that she shall bear a child? Is anything to hard for the Lord? At the point appointed I will return unto thee according to the time of life; and Sarah shall have a son.” Upon hearing the affirmative promise of the Lord, Sarah became concerned and afraid and denied laughing; but the Lord said “Yes Sarah, you did laugh!” Clearly we see here, that the Lord God of heaven has the power and the unfettered authority to do his own will. In the 1950’s the English Courts had to decide if there is a cut off time for a woman to have a child. (Diwell v Farnes), 1959), in order to decide a case involving the Rule Against Perpetuities.. After consulting the best medical authorities, they decided that 80 years was that cut off time. But legal precedent or not a woman is expected to know when her time clock stops ticking. And so Sarah knew. As to the question of her laughing, one could understand why she would say she did not laugh. How was she to know that God is a searcher of hearts and a reader of the thoughts of the heart. Surely she must have told herself, I did not laugh out loud. What I did was to myself, and no one, not even God was suppose to hear that. But the fact is God did hear. More