Mark reports a leader of the synagogue coming to Jesus and begging him repeatedly to heal his daughter who is dying. Jesus sets off, but is interrupted.
A different woman in need of healing touches Jesus's robe, resulting in a pause on the way to heal Jairus's daughter. Jairus is frantic. We know what his time table is, what his priority is. Other things intervened.
God's timing is a funny thing. Utterly uncontrollable by us, God does things a different way. Our priorities are not always God's priorities.
At the end of the stories, we have a woman free to return to society and a child raised from the dead. Who would have thought?
It''s always at the end of the stories that we see the purpose and pattern of God. I think we would prefer if we knew what was happening as it happened. But we don't...so that leaves us to wait for God's timing as we journey on faithful pathways.
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