Mary and Martha

I've long loved the stories of Mary and Martha.  They are very easy to apply to my life.  I love the story of when Lazarus dies.  The demonstration of the love that Christ feels for us, that even knowing everything He knew, he wept.  He weeps for our pain.  I love how Mary and Martha both had faith that Jesus could have saved Lazarus.  I love that Christ tells how Lazarus will live again and Martha knows about the resurrection and that she will see her brother again.

But this time when I read it, it was clear there was a different lesson for me:

Mary and Martha come to Jesus to tell Him that Lazarus is sick. Jesus says, "This sickness is not unto death"  They believe Him and He tarries two more days where he is.  

We all know what happens to Lazarus.  How often do I think I have faith and believe then something contradicts what I was expecting and I think, "but You said. . ." "but You promised. . .""but that's not. . ."

Were they like me?  When Lazarus died, did they think, "But You said it was not unto death"

How often do I misunderstand and only hear what I want to?

He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God."  

Do I stop listening after I hear what I want to?  

In those moments before my 'Lazarus' is risen from what I understood as death, am I still trusting and having faith in His word?  Or am I sitting there disbelieving because I didn't understand the bigger picture.

When something goes against what I thought He said.
I need to remember that it is ME who makes mistakes. Not Him.