By CEM Blog on
12/4/2006 12:19 PM
By: Lenny Cacchio
Being honest with God to the point of being blunt is perfectly okay with him – even to the point of being uncharitable.
"Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” (John 11:21 NKJV) These were the words of Martha after her brother Lazarus had died, and she spoke these words to the Son of God himself. If you read her comments with the proper inflection, you can sense her frustration. Jesus had failed to hurry to their side when he learned of Lazarus’ sickness. They had sent for him days before (verse 3), but the writer of the gospel, when presenting these facts, strangely juxtaposes two sentences: “Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that he was sick, he stayed...