Noooooooooooooo

Wednesday April 13^th, John 11: 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick." 4 When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it." 5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.   Two More Days!?!?!?!?!?!  What was he thinking?  And yet, the whole focus was on love.  Love for the people, love for Mary and Martha, and love for Lazarus.  Anyone who has had a near death experience knows that Lazarus had the hardest time.  He was in that peaceful place, surrounded by the love of God and the combined love of all creation when he hears his name being called to go back.  Nooooooooooooooo! Jesus, they won’t listen, not even with that.  But back he comes.  Some are comforted for a while, but it is more than comfort, it is a foretaste of what is to come.  Lazarus will die again, and soon.  This is the event that starts the rulers plotting Jesus’ death. But this event in a small village sets the stage and gives us a hint of what God has in mind for all of humanity.  Life, in this world and in the next.  Listen to his voice now and start living.