“When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. So much strange stuff in this story.here are two more things that stood out to me. He has the ability to deliver us from hardships.but sometimes, or even often, He chooses to use the hardships and delivers us through them. This makes me think of a quote from Levi Lusko, “Sometimes God chooses to deliver us from hardships, and sometimes he delivers us through them.” I have to believe and that it is safe to assume that this continues to be a way that Jesus handles situations today. Jesus is basically saying that He let Lazarus die, so he could bring him back to life so that others may believe. This odd response from Jesus is starting to come into light a little bit. “So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. Leaning more into this, we see a bit more about this decision here: I guess that is what it would have been like hanging out with the Messiah. I suppose if you fast forward to the end of the story, this response makes a bit more sense, but at the moment, this had to seem off.and odd. It’s also really strange that Jesus stayed two extra days. What?!? Jesus dear friend is dying he responds that Lazarus won't die, God will be glorified, and God’s Son will be as well. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”” - ‭‭John‬ ‭11:4-7‬ ‭NIV‬‬ No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. “When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. Right out of the gate, listen to these words of Jesus. Today, I am just going to write about some of the odd things that jump out to me.

There is so much in this story that just makes me wonder and ask a lot of questions. (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” - ‭‭John‬ ‭11:1-3‬ ‭NIV‬‬ He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. John chapter 11 is the story of Lazarus, a dear friend of Jesus.

Story of lazarus in bible