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THE LAST LAUGH (4 OF 7)

by Jeff Strite

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15
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The Last Laugh (4 of 7)
Series: The Father Figure
Jeff Strite
Genesis 18:1-15


OPEN: Dr. Short (one of the men who teaches Sunday School here) loves to share short puns in his classes... and I'm jealous so I decided to share a few of my own with memes.

#1 - squirrel spreading his arms heavenward ''I tried to come up with a squirrel pun, but everything I thought of was nuts.''
#2 - cat smiling weirdly at the camera ''Guess who found your Antidepressant pills.''
#3 - grumpy cat with remote control on its head ''That's not even remotely funny.''
#4 - bear resting at zoo ''Life is hard. I bearly made it through the week.''
#5 - dog with wrinkly face and tongue sticking out, laying on the floor ''Please turn on the air conditioning. I think my face is melting.''
#6 - huge dog in owner's arms and worried expression ''Are you sure the spider is gone?''
#7 - dog laying on doggie pillow in front of a closet door, and a cat's paw is stretching out beneath the door ''The cat? I have no clue what you're talking about.''
#8 - And lastly, a cat framed with the crust of piece of bread ''I believe this cat is inbred.''

In our text today we read about a woman who laughed. ''Sarah LAUGHED to herself, saying, 'After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?' The LORD said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh ...' But Sarah denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh,'' for she was afraid.''' Genesis 18:12-13 and 15

I got thinking about laughter this past week and while scouring the internet on the subject I found that there are actually scientists who study WHY we laugh... and they write books about it. ''One such scholar noted ''Laughter is part of the universal human vocabulary. Every human understands it. Unlike English or French or Swahili, we don't have to learn to speak it. We're born with that capacity. In fact, the first laughter appears at about 3.5 months of age --- long before we're able to speak. One of the remarkable things about laughter is th ...

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