I think she stopped dreaming. That’s why she laughed.

Those who dream are seldom surprised by the extraordinary. A Dreamer lives hoping for the dream. Looking for it. Anticipating it. She holds her breath waiting for her breath to be stolen. And is thoroughly delighted when what she knew would happen, does. “Nothing is impossible with God” is her motto. Each day passes like a treasure hunt in search of the mysterious impossible just so she can sit and watch it’s undoing at the hands of a Real God.

But for 89 year old Sarah, too much time and disappointment transformed her lush dreams to a starving desert. By the time The Visitors found her, she’d long since stopped looking for the impossible to happen. The years spent dreaming dreams of children laughing and playing at the hem of her skirts seemed like wasted energy. When foggy imaginings failed to become reality, she gave up dreaming altogether, and lived, instead, with two feet fully planted in harsh reality.

“‘I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.’ … So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, ‘After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?’ Then the LORD said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh … Is anything too hard for the LORD?’” (Genesis 18:10-14)

Do you stand with both feet in reality, scoffing dreamers and their dreams as the immature imaginings of idealistic youth? OR do you dare to keep one foot dancing on the floor of the impossible? For there is One who waits to take you for a spin, and with a wink and a smile says, “Wait until you get a load of this…”

Better not to laugh at such an invitation. Only faith in the impossible will take where you’ve always wanted to go.

Bring it on.