Weekly Portion – וַיֵּרָא – Va’yera – And He Appeared; Genesis 18:1-22:24; 2 Kings 4:1-37
Sarah’s laughter at the entrance of the tent is not mockery — it is the scar of years of waiting. It is the laughter of a person whose reason and body have long since surrendered, while the soul continues to hunger in secret. When time and biology contradict every promise, faith becomes an imposition. Yet it is precisely at this threshold between human resignation and divine promise that Sarah and the Shunammite woman meet. Both show us: true strength of faith does not begin where everything goes according to plan, but exactly where our reality says “impossible” and God’s perspective enters the room.
When does a person stop believing that what they long for can still be fulfilled? We carry within us wishes, dreams and hopes that often accompany us for many years. At first, the belief that they could become reality gives us strength. But the more time passes without anything changing, the more that belief begins to crumble. Experience teaches us to...
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