After receiving news of Lazarus' illness, Jesus delayed two days before leaving. By the time arrives, Lazarus had been in the grave for four days. Martha is the first of Lazarus' sisters to greet Jesus. Her greeting seems like an expression of grief but it contains both an impossible request and an incredible faith in Jesus.
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For Reflection:
Like all prayer, Martha asks for something that will be true in the blessed future to be present today.
- If God's full and future blessing can invade our present, what is it that you long to experience right now? Peace? Healing in a relationship? Security of some kind? How might your prayers be expressed as a desire for a taste of God's ultimate promise today?
- Martha was ready to believe in and ask for, but not demand, the "impossible". How might your prayers display more of that kind of hope?
