from Tomas Halik's Night of the Confessor:
"The underlying mode of our faith, hope, and love is patience. Only when we truly fall silent will we be able to hear once more the voice that says to us: Fear not. I have conquered the world. I am the resurrection and the life. I am with you always, until the end of the age.
Fine words, but empty promises? From behind the tent awning--and from deep within ourselves--comes Sarah's skeptical laugh. How could that be possible, seeing that we are not only adult already, but also too old for great expectations?
'Why did Sarah laugh?' Doesn't she realize that there is 'nothing too marvelous' for the Lord to accomplish? And Sarah lies, because she is afraid. Her laughter was also an expression of her fear of trusting. 'Yes, you did laugh,' the Lord insisted.
You did laugh, the Lord tells us. But maybe He'll treat us the way He did our mother Sarah. Maybe our nervous laughter of skepticism and mistrust will be transformed into the happy laughter of those who have lived to see the fulfillment of His promises."
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