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Mary’s Story
Enter singing… “Blessed Assurance”
Oh, please excuse me.
I cannot help but sing all the time these days.
However, that has not always been the case.
There was a day when my days were just filled with routine.
You know, all the normal routines of life.
I live with my brother Lazarus and my sister Martha.
Martha and I used to do the normal household things while Lazarus did all those things most men do.
Then one day something happened that changed all our lives.
The one they called “Rabboni, the Teacher, came to our village.
He and His friends needed a place to stay and Martha quickly invited them to stay with us.
What an exciting day!
Martha quickly began to get things ready.
Bedding needed set out upstairs and a meal needed prepared.
I had every intention of helping, but as I was working in the room where the Rabboni was teaching, I got caught up in what He was saying.
He was talking about God and explaining the law in a way I had never heard before.
Without even realizing it, I had sat right down at his feet listening intently to all that He said.
Well it wasn’t long before Martha came looking to see where I had disappeared off to.
She was not at all happy to find me sitting listening with the others.
She said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself?
Tell her to help me!”
It was on one of these occasions that my life changed.
I felt terrible, but then I heard what the Master said.
“Martha, Martha!
You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.
Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
I was shocked by this!
Yet at the same time pleased as I really wanted to hear what He had to say.
Well time passed and Jesus and his friends stayed with us whenever they were in Bethany.
We all became great friends!
But then the unthinkable happened.
My dear brother Lazarus became sick.
Martha and I were desperate!
We had never seen Lazarus so sick.
We quickly sent a message to Jesus as we knew He would want to come and heal Lazarus before it was too late because He had great love for our brother.
We waited and waited, but Jesus did not come.
And then it was too late.
Our brother Lazarus died.
Oh I felt my heart would break in two.
Why had the Master not come and now my brother was dead.
Well Martha and I and our friends prepared Lazarus body in the usual way.
We laid him out in a tomb and sealed it with a stone.
For four days, Martha and I sat weeping.
Many friends from Jerusalem and other nearby places came to mourn with us over the loss of our brother.
At one point, I saw Martha get up and leave.
I assumed she was going to the tomb, but I just could not face that old tomb one more time.
So I remained with my friends.
I was too overcome with grief to even move.
After awhile, Martha returned.
She called for me to come to her.
Then she told me that the Master was here and wanted to see me.
He was waiting on the road on the outskirts of the village.
I could not believe it.
He was finally here!
But why had He waited so long?
I ran as fast as I could to Him and fell weeping at His feet declaring, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
I had ran out in such a haste, I was not even aware of my friends who had ran after me and were not crying behind me.
The I heard the Master’s voice soft and trembling as He said, “Where have you laid him?”
In that moment, I realized He really did love Lazarus also.
My friends quickly led the way to the tomb.
I followed numbly at Jesus side.
I could see the tears in His eyes as we headed to the tomb.
I felt bad for what I had said, yet again I could not understand why He had not come sooner.
When we arrived at the tomb, Jesus with tears in His eyes said, “Take away the stone.”
I was shocked!
I instantly stopped crying.
Was He crazy?
Martha was beside herself as she informed Him that surely there would be a terrible stench by this time.
After all, he had been in there for four days now!
Then He said the most amazing thing.
“Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Some men standing nearby looked at Martha and me and then walked up and rolled the stone out of the way.
Then Jesus prayed the most beautiful prayer.
“Father, I thank you that you heard me.
I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
And then He cried out, “Lazarus, come out!”
I thought my heart would jump right out of my chest!
I do not think I breathed for the next few seconds.
And then there, standing in the door of the tomb was Lazarus in all his wrappings.
Jesus said for someone to take the graves clothes off and let him go.
You can imagine the celebration that night!
Prophets had raised people from the dead before, but never someone so many days in the grave.
It was believed among my people that only God could raise someone who had been dead long enough for their body to begin to decay.
Well many of our friends could not get back to Jerusalem fast enough to share what they had seen.
Many who had scoffed at our belief that He was the Messiah now believed also!
Well life went on.
There were rumored threats against Jesus so He set out for Ephraim.
He wanted to have some time alone with His disciples.
However, He would be back for Passover.
It was arranged that He would come back and stay with us on His return for Passover.
That day could not come fast enough for me, but it did finally arrive.
Simon the Leper, upon hearing that Jesus was back asked all to a banquet at his house.
He had no wife and asked Martha if she would host.
Martha was glad to do so.
The men were all reclined around the table.
It was suppose to be a joyous occasion, but the things Jesus said were not joyous.
He was sharing of what was coming.
I do not think the men around the table understood.
They still seemed to be in a good mood, but I heard.
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