“Why are you making a commotion and weeping?” (Mark 5:39). In other words, why do we grieve so much at death? Jesus’ question stings at first. He approaches a grieving family, to whom he has fatally come too late. He bears some scorn. But Jesus knows that death is not the end of the story. “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” Jesus wakes up the girl from death and transforms death into a mere sleep. The resurrection means an eternal morning is coming to wake up into (“give her something to eat” (v. 43).
Lent season is upon us! Use this time to reflect on what Jesus has done for us.
