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It filled her with joy (Ge 21:6): "God has made me to laugh; he has given me both cause to rejoice and a heart to rejoice." Thus the mother of our Lord, Lu 1:46, 47. Note,
(1.) God bestows mercies upon his people to encourage their joy in his work and service; and, whatever is the matter of our joy, God must be acknowledged as the author of it, unless it be the
laughter of the fool.
(2.) When mercies have been long deferred they are the more welcome when they come.
(3.) It adds to the comfort of any mercy to have our friends rejoice with us in it: All that hear will laugh
with me; for laughing is catching. See Lu 1:58. Others would rejoice in this instance of God's power and goodness, and be encouraged to trust in him. See Ps 119:74.
7 And she said, who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah
should have given children suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.
It filled her with wonder, Ge 21:7. Observe here,
(1.) What it was she thought so wonderful: That Sarah should give children suck, that she should,
not only bear a child, but be so strong and hearty at the age as to give it suck. Note, Mothers, if they be able, ought to be nurses to their own children.