weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning. Ps. 30:5
Sarah, Abraham’s wife, knew what tears, frustrations, heartaches and depression were. That was her life.
No. She did not have a bad life. In fact, she had a very good life. A rich husband, servants, everything she wanted or could ever want. Except for one thing: A child.
Regardless how hard Abraham and Sarah tried, she could not give Abraham a child. She even gave her servant girl to him so that she could give him a child through her. But this just brought more personal pain as she watched her servant girl get pregnant and deliver a son that she could not give to her husband. The pain was deep as she watched this child grow. And her pain grew as she saw how much her husband loved him. When she saw the two of them together, the tears came.
Then one day tears turned to joy. When all human hope was gone, God delivered on his promise. Sarah became pregnant. After all the years of trying and trying to have a child, now she is going to have a baby when she is ninety years old!
Nine months later she gave her husband a baby boy. His name, Isaac. Laughter. Sarah laughed.
Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” Genesis 21:6.
Many times, in fact I believe always, we go through tears to get to laughter. Hang in there. Trust God. Morning is coming and so is laughter.
