"Lord, thanks for showing up, but where were You when we needed You most?"
A "sensible" and justifiable question we sometimes ask
Isaiah 58:9 MSG
Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.'
Well, this time Lord, you were not around.
You dint "show up" as promised
Mary, one of Lazarus' sisters, knew too well from following Jesus, that He could heal the sick, the possessed, the blind etc, so, when her brother fell ill, there was no other person to call on, but, Jesus, their very dear friend. she then, quickly
sent words to Jesus before things got out of hand, before things became irredeemable.
John 11:3 MSG
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Master, the one you love so very much is sick."
She was fully persuaded He would leave every other thing He was doing and come running,
afterall, Jesus was a close family friend, and besides, that's what friends do. She recalled how they had sheltered Him, fed Him etc. " I know, He will be here soon," she said boldly and openly.
She sat all day by the window from sunrise to sunset, confident He would show up.
Day 1, no appearance of Jesus. Dint He get the message, or did they not tell Him what critical condition Lazarus was?
Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and by this time, hope had given way to hopelessness. She was, as it were, "mortally disappointed" how can Jesus do this to us, the ones
