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HI ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog for the month of April and that is the story of Mary, Martha, and Lazaurus. You can read about this account in John 11 where Jesus sees them. The title of this blog is called ''What Is Dead Come Alive''. Most of us know that these guys were close friends of Jesus and we first read about them Luke 10;38-42 where Mary of Bethany sat at Jesus' feet while Martha was busy taking care of the house and other things. (I shared about that more in depth in the ''Mary Of Bethany'' blog for ''Women's History Month'' and another one back in 2023!) Anyhow in John 11 Christ and the disciples were busy traveling, ministering to the people and so on when they got word that Lazrus was very sick. Well Christ didn't leave right away but remained where He was. Now I don't know if because the Father told Him to stay back or that Jesus was overwhelmingly busy that He couldn't go over there but either case our Lord stayed back from where He was. It's unknown what sickness that Lazarus had but what we do know he was ''bedridden'' to the point of death and in our day we call it ''home hospice care'' and when someone is at that point it's very serious and only has days to live. That just shows how severe Lazarus's case was. We know that Lazarus died while Jesus was away and they buried him in the tomb. After awhile, Christ and the disciples finally arrived at Mary and Martha and both of them at separate times asked Jesus where He was and if He showed up sooner Lazarus wouldn't have died. What I love about both ladies is that they were honest with Jesus about how they felt something that we should take to heart as well too. Christ told them that He's the resurrection and the life and whoever believes in Him shall never die though they die which we know He meant that whoever lives for Him and love Him though physically they die spiritually they won't die which is something I'm very thankful for especially if we have loved ones who loved the Lord who physically died. Well they removed the stone and then our Lord wept. You might say, why did Jesus weep? Well to show compassion to Mary and Martha and to show He feels our pain. Not only did Christ weep but Mary and Martha likely had extended family members and neighbors who were mourning too. Then Christ prayed to the Father and then declared. ''Lazarus come out!'' Then the dead man came out walking and took off his grave clothes. To understand the significance of that Lazarus was dead for four days and the Jews believed if someone was dead for three days they could come back to life but it went past three days it was beyond impossible. I believe that our Lord waited for the fourth day to show that He can do the impossible when people say it's hopeless. When the miracle of Lazarus rose from the dead news spread everywhere and there was much rejoicing after that I can imagine. The other thing ladies is we're in the season of Spring as I mentioned in a previous blog where it's a time to bring forth life. I believe that God is asking us to believe what's dead to come alive. Maybe a loved one is ''spiritually dead'' (those without Christ or prodigals) to believe that He can save them and ''spiritually resurrect'' them. Maybe a dream has died, a marriage died, or a person or something else is dead to believe the Lord can resurrect it. I'm believing in the Lord to resurrect several things in my life as well too during this time. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies and I pray that this is encouraging to y'all especially since we're getting closer to ''Holy Week'' when we honor our Lord's closing time on earth from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday (I will write blogs in honor of Holy week as well) and encourage you during Spring to believe what appears to be dead to come back alive. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.
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