{"id":7351,"date":"2016-02-06T00:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T08:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7351"},"modified":"2016-02-05T23:40:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T07:40:04","slug":"not-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/02\/06\/not-too-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Too Late"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. \u201cYour daughter is dead,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t bother the teacher any more.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tHearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tWhen he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child\u2019s father and mother. Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. \u201cStop wailing,\u201d Jesus said. \u201cShe is not dead but asleep.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThey laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But he took her by the hand and said, \u201cMy child, get up!\u201d Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened. (Luke 8:49-56)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tBecause Jesus is with us, we don\u2019t have to be afraid anymore. Luke repeats the story of Jairus the synagogue ruler, but as usual, puts his own unique spin on things. Writing to a non-Jewish audience, Luke does not bother to insert any of the Aramaic wording that appeared in Mark\u2019s rendition. And when Jesus told Jairus not to be afraid, we discover from Luke that Jesus told Jairus why he didn\u2019t need to be afraid: Jesus promised to heal his daughter. <\/p>\n

\tJairus had experience with sick people getting well. But when people were dead, it was too late. But Jesus brought something new into the world. As the prophet Isaiah said of Jesus, \u201cby his wounds we are healed.\u201d And what more profound illness do people face than the illness of death?<\/p>\n

\tWhy did Jesus tell Jairus to keep the miracle to himself? Because Jesus hadn\u2019t done it for praise or fame. He\u2019d done it out of compassion. And besides, we don\u2019t get excited by the everyday miracles of life. On the first day manna appeared in the time of Moses, people saw it as a miracle. After thirty years of eating it every day, it was no more miraculous than a sunrise\u2014which tells us something about our perception of sunrises. Jesus hoped that we would realize that as unusual as a dead girl coming back to life was, it was really no more special or difficult than the daily miracles of God that we take for granted.<\/p>\n

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