Gen 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well – advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. Gen 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
The word “damaged” come from the French word “dommage” meaning ” lose caused by injury “. It is informally referred to a person who is considered to be no longer desirable or unfit to perform certain obligations . We all might have been wounded but by God’s grace ,we are useful in the kingdom.
Biologically speaking, Sarah was already damaged goods. She could not conceptualize how she could give birth at her age. As a matter of fact, she had already organized for a quick fix with her trusted maid Hagar. When the Lord announced that ” at such a time like this next year” she will have a baby, it became ” a laughing matter “. But what is impossible with man is possible with God
The hope of all damaged goods is found in God’s one and only son Jesus. In Christ , we don’t exist as damaged goods but as the righteousness of God (Biblical Counseling Coalition) . What has happened to you is not what Makes You. What may have happened cannot keep you away from your destiny. You still have the seeds of greatness in you .
Further readings:
Gen 18:10-14
Job 42:2
Jer 32:17,27
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