the lady's in the retirement home laughted too

Tuesday June 17th, Genesis 18:13-14 God said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh saying, 'Me? Have a baby? An old woman like me?' Is anything too hard for God? I'll be back about this time next year and Sarah will have a baby." 15 Sarah lied. She said, "I didn't laugh," because she was afraid. But he said, "Yes you did; you laughed." Laughing in the midst of God’s blessings. The story of Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre is a story of hospitality. The strangers were welcomed, change was brought to the household of Abraham and Sarah, and they welcomed it, albeit with a bit of disbelieving laughter. The world was changed and a part of God’s plan enacted. It all started with the welcome and openness to change. From here the visitors went on to see Lot. Sodom and Gomorrah were not open to change, they were not open to welcoming the stranger among them, they were not open to God’s leading. What they were was quite prosperous all on their own without any help needed from God or strangers or outside agitators. That closed door policy always leads to self demise in God’s book.