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Let's set up the story...

Jesus is walking and a man named Jairus says his daughter is dying. He asks Jesus to come home with him and heal his daughter. By the time they get there, the girl is dead. Everyone says they're too late, but Jesus says it's okay, He can take care of it. Then there's this little verse.

Luke 8:53 - They laughed at him. They knew she was dead.

Have you ever cracked a joke at a funeral? It doesn't go very well. People are not in the mood. Here we are surrounded by people who watched this little girl die. Jesus says He can help, and they laugh. They laugh! There is so much unbelief that they cannot hold it in or express it, but instead they laugh. How stupid is that? The Answer they sent for says He can solve the problem, the One they were depending on, and they laugh. Idiotic.

Do we ever have that kind of faith in God? We ask Him for help, He says He can, but we still laugh because it seems so impossible?

If it seems so stupid, why did you ask Him in the first place? Not quite the action that comes to mind when I think of the word "faith"...

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