When hope feels laughable
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Scripture: Genesis 18:1-21
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Take It Further: Laughable Hope by Dara Weaver
I.
Two laughs ring out
in the dry heat,
One incredulous,
joy teasing the edges
of hope into soundwaves, reverberating.
The other laugh curdles
with cynicism (or grief?),
a sob.
While Abraham’s faith
counted as righteousness,
hope died in Sarah’s throat
long ago.
In her despair, she withdrew,
crawled under the covers
and would not come out.
But at the word of God, she mustered one last try…
then—miracle!—her heart’s desire.
She named him, “Laughter.”
II.
We pay so much attention to the words of God,
but do we hear his questions?
Adam, where are you?
Cain, where is your brother?
Abraham, where is your wife?
Where are you? Where are they?
(They are not where he expected.)
Church of Christ, where are you?
You are not where he expected.
He looks for you in places where his son would be,
(with the poor, the under-represented, the oppressed)
if he were here.
Have you allowed futility
to drain your bones
when hope feels laughable?
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