And Sarah Laughed.....

I am on a mission. I have decided to read the entire bible cover to cover...now before you applaud me and give me some, " You go girls". hear me out. It seems like lately I have just had some questions that I desperately need answers to and I have been getting frustrated because God seems silent lately, but then it hit me...He left me His word and it supposedly has everything I need so .......I am on a mission to get my questions answered and so far so good...I am now in the middle of Genesis learning all about Abraham and his whole family...I did the whole creation bit and the Adam and Eve stuff.....then moved right on into the Noah bit with the Great Flood and all. I never really noticed how much patience God had over the years with people. It's true that he hates sin and he does punish for sure, but not before he gives us multiple chances to change.
       I was reading in Genesis 18 and the story of Abraham and Sarah caught my eye. You see I am notorious for asking God for something and then getting impatient and trying to go ahead and impose my will onto the situation instead of waiting for God's perfect will. When will I learn? His will always wins out in the end, but I usually have some unnecessary battle scars and frustrations.  Sarah was the same way, even though she was told by God that her old behind was going to bare a child, she didn't think it was actually going to come from her. She went ahead and gave her servant Hagar the go ahead to get it on with Abraham and ...BOOM...along came Ishmael and that was a whole different set of troubles..The thing is when God told her this....she laughed.....she couldn't believe that He could bless a 99yr old woman with a child and frankly she wasn't alone...know what I mean...I can so relate because as the words are leaving my mouth when I'm asking God for something I am totally not believing it can be done. God speaks and throws out these pearls....Gen 18:14 IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?..I think this is rhetorical...because clearly He's making a statement....I don't know about anybody else but I totally needed that reminder. I am so limited in my finite thinking, but I serve an infinite God....Just remember that the next you are tempted to laugh at something you've asked God for because you think that it's impossible....look at Sarah...Granny even ended up breast feeding Isaac if you dare to imagine that!!!!! You go girl......