Ecclesiastes 3:1
In the summer of her life, all was well with Sarah. At that time she knew little about Jehovah, her husband’s God. She only knew that she was in love with a wonderful man in Ur!
Soon the giddy exuberance of summer began to fade as she wrestled with the harsh realities of following a dreamer to an unknown land. But what was really troubling her was not the strife between the relatives nor the fighting herdsmen; it was her barren womb. When someone said she would have a baby, Sara laughed. “if I am going to get a miracle, God had better hurry”.
I want to warn you about setting your own watch. God’s time is not your time. He may come when you want Him to, but He will come right on time. Twice it is mentioned that Sarah laughed. The first time she laughed as God-at the impossibility of His promise. In the wintertime of her life, she laughed with God-because He had been faithful to perform His word.
In between these powerful moments, every thing in Sarah was tested. Her love for her husband gave her the courage to leave home, but her love for God brought forth the promises seed. After all, what good is it to appreciate what God has given if we do not appreciate the God who gave it?
Sarah learned that even her beloved husband was only a man. He failed her in a moment of fear and self-indulgent. But God sis not! He brought her through in safety, and then rewarded her for her faith.
When Hebrew 11 lists the patriarchs and their awesome faith, this winter woman’s name included. Abraham is mentioned for the kind of faith that would leave home and look for a city whose builder and maker is God (See verse 10). But Sarah’s faith caused an old woman’s barren womb to conceive!
She didn’t take faith classes. She just went through her winter clutching the worm hand of a loving God who would not fail. So when you hear Sarah laughing the last time, she is laughing with God. She is holding her baby to her now-wrinkled breast. She understands the miracles that come only to winter women.
Source: T.D. Jakes
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