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Why Cry?

Mark 5:37-39
"37 And He suffered no man to follow Him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
38 And He cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
39 And when He was come in, He saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth."

"Be not afraid, ONLY BELIEVE."
Jesus said to Jiarus. Does Jiarus understand? Probably not. I would love to think that the Holy Ghost is filling Jiarus' heart and mind with FAITH. He did demonstrated FAITH by seeking out Jesus. He KNEW Jesus would be able to HEAL his daughter. But that chance is GONE. She is dead now. She was his everything. He was willing to risk his reputation and his livelihood to save her life. He through himself on the ground at Jesus' feet in hopes of saving her and now she is GONE. Daddy has failed to get help for his beloved little daughter.

Jiarus has brought Jesus and three of the Disciples to his home. All the people living here are deeply tied to the synagogue where Jiarus is a leader. They are not welcoming to Jesus and they are racked with grief. The brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends are all there and loosing their minds that this precious young girl has died. From today's verse; "seeth the tumult, and them that WEPT and WAILED greatly." 

And, the next verse, does Jesus say this to comfort them? Or is He poking fun at them? Or something else? "And when He was come in, He saith unto them, WHY make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is NOT DEAD, but sleepeth." We need to read more and meditate on this. We do know Jesus looks at death differently than we do. He knows DEATH will NOT be the end of life...

The good parts of these daily devotionals are inspired by the sermon at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg Texas. You can watch it by following this link... 
https://youtu.be/YZNCaTREfto
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