She stops laughing

After Hebrews 11:1-3, 11-12 

She laughed at how

ridiculous it was,

to become pregnant

at her age. She

laughed, and kept

laughing, until she

knew, she sensed

the changes, the first

flutters and movements

of the child growing

within her. And then,

only then, did the words

of the promise strike her

senseless. From her

would be born a child,

and more than that,

a multitude, one flowing

from that child, her child, 

a multitude as numerous

as the stars, as plentiful

as the grains of sand

on the shore. And she

stops laughing.

 

Photograph by Aiony Haust via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray M’Cheyne: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic – Jordan Stone at Desiring God.

 

Stand – poem by Mark Lukey at Society of Classical Poets.

 

Is Sound of Freedom the Next Uncle Tom’s Cabin? – Cap Stewart at The Gospel Coalition.

 

Forget about Hollywood for a moment: Where is the biblical Mount Sinai located? – Richard Ostling at Get Religion.