Sarah (Laughter)

Genesis 18... and 21.

Is anything too hard for the Lord?

I heard that question when I was ninety years old.

I laughed because I was bitter.

But God... He made me laugh because I was blessed.

I spent a lifetime waiting for a sign

Watching the moon and the seasons decline.

My womb was a desert, dry and dead

I believed the doubt in my own head.

Three men stood by the oaks of Mamre

Talking about life and a brand new day.

I hid in the tent and I listened in

And laughed at the joke of what might have been.

"Why did Sarah laugh?" the Lord inquired.

I was scared, I denied it, I was tired.

But He didn't get angry, He kept His word

The most impossible thing I've ever heard!

God has made laughter for me!

And everyone who hears will laugh with me!

Who would have said unto Abraham

That Sarah would nurse a little lamb?

I'm ninety years old with a babe in my arms

Safe from the fear and the old alarms.

It's not a joke, it's a Jubilee!

God has made laughter, laughter for me!

They call him Isaac, "He Laughs" is his name

Every time I say it, I lose my shame.

The promise was slow, but the promise was sure

His covenant love is the only cure.

Is anything too hard for the Lord?

Nothing! Nothing!

Can He open the door that is shut?

Yes He can! Yes He can!

Then laugh, Sarah, laugh!

"For I have borne him a son in his old age."

He gets the glory.

I get the joy.

Sarah.