11-15 Not long after that, Jesus went to the village Nain. His disciples were with him, along with quite a large crowd. As they approached the village gate, they met a funeral procession—a woman’s only son was being carried out for burial. And the mother was a widow. When Jesus saw her, his heart broke. He said to her, “Don’t cry.” Then he went over and touched the coffin. The pallbearers stopped. He said, “Young man, I tell you: Get up.” The dead son sat up and began talking. Jesus presented him to his mother.
16-17 They all realized they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. They were quietly worshipful—and then noisily grateful, calling out among themselves, “God is back, looking to the needs of his people!” The news of Jesus spread all through the country.
It is no small thing to say and believe that God is at work among us. It means that things happen which shouldn’t happen and there is more to life then we can ever understand. There is mystery!
As Albert Einstein has said of religion, it “consists in a humble admiration of the infinitely superior spirit that reveals itself in the little that we, with our weak and transitory understanding can comprehend of reality.”
“The most beautiful thing we can
experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art
and science. ( We can add religion.)
He to whom this emotion is a stranger,
who can no longer pause to wonder
and be rapt in awe, is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.”
Albert Einstein:
Prayer thought for the week. “Lord, help me to embrace mystery and live in awe at that which is beyond my understanding - your love and grace at work in our world.”
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