Back to Life

I was stopped in my tracks today by reading about a girl who was professed dead and moments later was awoken back to life.

“While he was saying these things to them, behold a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, ‘My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.’ And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples…And when Jesus came to the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, ‘Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.’ And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.”

What caught me off guard today was how I so personally resonate with this story.

If I’m honest, the past months have had me feeling dead. Between all the family changes and family heartaches – between raising three little kids and feeling so hormonally ‘off’ from weaning – most days I’ve pushed through to get through. Feeling dead but still walking around getting things done.

I love how Jesus is seen proclaiming this girl is NOT dead but is sleeping, and he powerfully grabs her by the hand and wakes her up back to LIFE.

For those of you walking around ‘dead’ like me, I pray you experience the power of Jesus calling you to life – deeply speaking to your heart that you are NOT dead but that you’ve been sleeping and he has the ABILITY and DESIRE to wake you from whatever funk or dark cloud you’ve been living in. Here’s to freedom!