Sarah. Probably my favorite part of Genesis. I have really enjoyed reading her story. I kept meaning to write about her more in depth than the surprise post, but got distracted by other thoughts. So tonight is her time. First, she has one of my favorite quotes so far- "God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me" (Gen 21:6). I love this view of a child as laughter. I know it relates back to 18, when she laughed at God's promise of a child for her, but it also works on it's own. In Peter Pan, Peter tells Wendy "You see...when the first baby laughed for the first time, it's laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies". Babies bring laughter. And that laughter leads to good things (like fairies...because yes, they are real). Sarah knew this. Her story is ridiculous. A woman her age should not get pregnant. Yet there she was, with a newborn to bring her joy, to act silly, to learn crazy things and learn to speak. Babies supply entertainment to no end. My best friend while living in England was a 2 year old named Aiden.
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| This is Aiden |
He made me laugh constantly. In the picture he's trying to take my sunglasses so he can wear them. They're periwinkle with gems on them. Not exactly boy glasses. But as a baby, he doesn't care. They make you laugh. Sarah knew what she was talking about.
The other side of Sarah is not so nice, however. She had a petty side, as we all do. She got Abraham to cast out Hagar and Ishmael because she wanted Isaac to have the full inheritance. It was her idea to get Hagar to have Abraham's son so that there would be a child in the first place. It seems unfair for her to also be the cause of casting out that child. It's petty, it's silly, it's awfully mean. But it's real. Sarah wasn't perfect. She was kind of a jerk. But aren't we all? At least sometimes?
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