What could you do that would make you righteous in the sight of God? Have you done it? Have you done it good enough? Have you done it often enough? If you died today and stood in judgement before God, would you have done enough? Are you sure?

And if there’s something you could do that makes you righteous, doesn’t that also mean there are things you could do that cancel your right standing with God? Oh my gosh, what if you’ve done those things? What if God has done cancelled you out, girl? Now what will come of your life? What will come after your life?

What could you and I possibly do that would make us good enough for a perfect God? What would make him want to bless us? What would make him smile upon us?

I don’t know about you, but I continually and consistently have a way of screwing up. Like a lot. It’s not intentional, but I get tripped up, I get distracted, and I chase squirrels. All while I have this great big, powerful, loving, faithful God who is saying, “Pamela, keep your eye on me. Me. Focus on me. Seek me. Talk to me.” And I do, but then I don’t.

So, is God mad at me? Has he cancelled his good plans for my life? Has he dismissed me from my calling because I haven’t passed the test? Don’t you wonder the same thing? Have you failed to be good enough? Is God giving you the side eye? Shaking his head? Disappointed? Slamming doors because he’s mad? Cancelling plans because of your failure?

I read a scripture this morning that sure brought this flawed girl some peace. I want to share it with you, just in case you’re sporting a dose of the “less than perfects” too. The scripture is found in the middle of Abraham’s story. But, it was before he was Abraham. Before he became known as the “Father of the Faithful”, before miracles unfolded in his life, he was Abram. He was a man who had great wealth and great success, but he and his wife Sarai had no children. But God made him a ridiculous promise. A promise that even though he had no children in his already old age, his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. He would be unable to count them all.

This was ridiculous. This was impossible. But what happened next is what changed everything. If you’re rushing through scripture, you might miss it. Just like if you’re rushing through life, you may miss the moment everything changes. Often the biggest changes don’t happen in grand events that take your breath away. They’re often silent. They’re often secret. They’re often hidden from everyone but you and God.

Here’s that moment for Abram. Genesis 15:6, “And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.”

Abram was counted as righteous solely because he BELIEVED God. He believed the unbelievable. He believed what was too late would still happen. He believed what had never happened before would happen, and it would happen only because God said so. And this made him righteous.

Nothing Abram had ever done before had made him righteous. He had done a lot of good in his life. He had great success and many victories. None of that made him righteous. He had been fair, he had been generous, he had been brave, he had been bold, but none of that made him righteous. Only his faith made him righteous. Only his trust in God brought him in right standing with a perfect God.

Did this mean that Abram understood God? Did it mean he agreed with his timeline? Did it mean he was given a behind the scenes peak at the 10 year plan and then it all made sense? No, the reality was still the same.

Since tomorrow is my birthday, we’re going to do something totally different. I’m going to tell you the story behind the scenes. How did all of this start? What did God do to bring me here to be talking to you? Quite simply, I was straight up tricked! I share all of this today so that you can see how God wants to work in your life and how you already have everything needed for a purpose greater than you could possibly imagine.

For me, it can all be summed up in one word: PROVIDENCE – God working his supernatural will through natural circumstances. Providence is always best seen in reverse.

This morning, I spent some time looking back to see God’s hand in the details of my life to bring me to this place where I get to speak to you daily. How did we get here? What supernaturally unfolded in seemingly natural circumstances?

My story, much like your story, first starts with the hard stuff. Isn’t it funny how God’s greatest works begin in the unfair. In the stuff you would avoid if you could. In the struggle. In the darkness. But we’re like these little caterpillars fighting a cocoon that is here for our benefit. We just can’t see that when we’re in it. I have to wonder if maybe we’re in our next cocoon of darkness, hardship, struggle, and all the things we wanted to avoid, because God is preparing us for so much more than we could ever imagine. Life really is a series of growing and getting better, and that means perpetual cocoons followed by breakthroughs.

The enemy continually tries to harm us, but God always uses it for good instead. Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

Yes, the enemy thinks he has you trapped in struggle, hardship and darkness, but God uses it as a cocoon.

My first cocoon came in the form of a massive brain stem stroke as a newlywed at the age of 19. I was left unable to walk or talk, had lost a good chunk of my memories and my overall confidence. While I didn’t have a deep faith at that time, I had a God who never left my side and faithfully healed me against all odds. It was declared a freak accident and I was told to take an asprin a day to be safe and continue on with my life. So, that’s what I did. At 23, I became pregnant with our first child and 6 weeks before my due date, I had another stroke. The next few years I found myself in a series of mini-stokes, sometimes several in one week, each fearfully leading to the next big one that I might not survive. I began living in fear. I planned my own funeral. I laid out my funeral clothes and hid goodbye letters in my bible. God came to me one night as a I laid in bed, stretched out his hand to me and asked me if I was ready. I said no. Now, I understand he granted me more time and gave me the opportunity to continue living this life, so it can’t be wasted.

You want to know why I wake up so dang happy every day with overflowing gratitude? That’s why! Because I know it is truly a gift.

I found myself back in the hospital again, and this time everything changed. I prayed a prayer and made a commitment, a promise to not waste what I had been given. I committed to becoming the girl who would run if he would just let me walk again. I committed to being the girl who would tell everyone about him if he would just let me talk again. You want to know where it all started … that’s where it started. That’s why I’m here today. I have a faithful God who healed me and a promise I’m just trying to fulfill.

A few weeks after that hospital stay, my husband heard an advertisement on the radio of the American Stroke ...

God is always speaking to us. His Spirit is continually guiding and prompting us. His eye never leaves us and a way is forever being made for our next step within God’s divine will. But sometimes the lines get crossed and we’re not sure if that’s God talking to us or something else.

How do you know when it’s really God? Afterall, we do have an enemy in this world who prowls around like a lion looking to devour us. You darn well better believe he wants to twist God’s promptings into something they’re not. Our enemy always wants to confuse us, overwhelm us and detour us. So, how do we know for sure its God’s voice we’re hearing? How do we eliminate the distractions of our flesh, the world, and Satan?

Well first, you have to know, there are some things God simply won’t do.

God won’t tell a married woman that another married man is her soul mate. Nope, that’s not God. But in all honesty, it can get all twisted in our flesh and we can work that out in our head. If you’ve been hearing that and believing that, you’ve been hacked.

God won’t promise an easy way for you when everyone else is having a hard time. You won’t be guaranteed ease … ever. If you’ve been hearing that ease is in your future in exchange for anything you could do today, you’ve been hacked.

God never promises you will get what you deserve. We’re so quick to assume good things will happen for us because our goodness says we “deserve it.” You won’t get what you deserve, and it’s a darn good thing you don’t. We’re a bunch of entitled brats believing we deserve an easy, effortless life of goodness, but the truth is, we’ve all fallen short of the glory of God. We don’t deserve goodness, we actually deserve punishment. Alone, we could never be worthy to step into an eternal paradise with a perfect God, but with Jesus we have been made worthy. Thank God we don’t get what we deserve! Drop the entitlement, Sis. Jesus alone makes us worthy and none of us can boast. If you’ve been counting on getting what you deserve because of your self-righteousness, you’ve been hacked.

God never said he wouldn’t give you more than you can handle. When we believe this, we walk around disappointed and overwhelmed. God will no doubt give you more than you can handle, and here’s why … so you will turn it over to him. If you can always handle it on your own, you mistakenly believe you don’t need God. So, there are times you will be given more than you can carry, more than you can fix, and more than you can manage. Why? So that you seek God and get over yourself. We’ve twisted scripture to fit our needs and dropped the last part. 1 Corinthians 10: 13, “God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.”

God will show you the way. He won’t give you a way without the trouble, but he will show you a way through the trouble. If you’re believing God’s way is void of any hardship or trouble and you’re guaranteed to never be given more than you can handle, you’ve been hacked. If you’re feeling like the trouble you’re facing in your family is all your fault and you’re constantly carrying the burden and shame for not being good enough, honey, it sounds to me like you’ve been hacked.

God never said if you have enough faith, you and your loved ones won’t die. In fact, he never said healing was only here on Earth. Isn’t the ultimate healing a new body in Heaven where you walk in wholeness and perfection with Jesus?...

I just went fishing in the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys, and on our boat, we caught the most interesting looking fish. It looked much like a shark, however on the top of it’s head, instead of the trademark fin of a shark that terrifies us all swimming in the water, it had an interesting oval shape. You know those little oval soap holders you put in your shower to help save your soap … yeah, it kind of looked like that.

This fish is called a Remora, and it’s known as the hitchhiker of the sea. The oval shape on top of their head is a massive suction cup. They suction themselves to something else and are carried through the ocean.

Why am I telling you about this unique fish with a massive suction cup on its head? Because God woke me up and told me to. For real. He won’t let me stop thinking about this Remora. But, I couldn’t really understand the significance of this fish until I started digging deeper this morning.

There are 2 groups of Remora. 1 group is the reef variety. The reef Remora will basically stick on anything. They’re not picky. They will attach themselves to sharks, dolphin, turtles, whales, manta rays, boats, and even people. For real, our fishing guide touched his arm to the top of this fish and it was fully attached in an instant. They’re just looking to attach to anything, and they will latch right on.

The 2nd group of Remora are the off shore Remora, and they will only attach to one species. They won’t settle for any little thing, the off shore Remora is looking for something much bigger, and that’s the only thing they will ever attach to.

As soon as I read this, I knew … oh, that’s why God keeps reminding me of this fish and prompting me to tell you about it. Have we settled for attaching to anything, when we were created to attach only to him?

We attach ourselves to a spouse thinking they are the source of our joy. We attach ourselves to our children, claiming they are our fulfillment. We attach ourselves to our jobs, declaring this is our purpose. We attach ourselves to our possessions and hold tightly to all the things we can buy, gather and collect to find our security. And how many of us know it can all fall apart in an instant? We can lose the job, then we lose our worth. That child which brought every ounce of our fulfillment can go prodigal on us and we can be left feeling hopeless and empty. Our marriage can hit a rough patch and we lose all our joy. All we worked so hard to buy soon loses its shine and starts to rust. Then what?

If we’re attached to these things, we go down with it.

But God says, attach to me. You were never designed to attach to anything other than me.

Psalm 16:8, “Day and night I’ll stick with God; I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go.”

Have we let go of God and attached ourselves to someone else? We find someone we admire, someone who is living a life we would like to live, someone who has their ducks in a manageable row instead of ducks like ours that are having a rave, and we begin to follow them. Crap … have you ever thought about that? Who are we following? The most followed people in the world on Instagram are two footballers named Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, then there’s Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, all the Kardashians, and the Rock. Hundreds of millions of people are following them. Following every photo. Every post. Every word. Every move. Every like. Every comment. Every share.

And we’re like the little reef Remora, attached to absolutely anything. We swim where they swim. But, what if they’re not swimming where we need to be,

I wonder how much of the journey you are on is a lesson in trusting God with TODAY? Success is trusting God with this day, and failure is worrying about tomorrow. Is this your journey? Is this what God is teaching you? Can you see the provision of today, enjoy the provision of today, without worrying what will come tomorrow? Or will you miss what you have now, stressed over what may or may not come later?

This is the journey of life. The journey of going from where you are to where you want to be, and not being miserable along the way. Girl, can you choose not to be a miserable cow while your life is still a work in progress? This journey won’t be easy, so will you commit to not giving up? Will you commit to focusing on THIS day and resist the temptation to be overwhelmed with all your tomorrows?

What is between where you once are and where you want to be … it’s the unknown. What will it take to get there? What will be required of you? How will you keep going? Do you really have what it takes?

If these are the questions in your head today on your journey, God wants to remind you of what he did for the Israelites. In Exodus we read of God rescuing these people. Just as God has rescued you, right? He has saved you. He has set you apart. Generations of your family have been victim to the same thing over and over again, and he breaks the cycle with YOU. He’s making a way out for you. He has something more for you. He’s taking you from where you once were, setting your feet on a journey, and asking you to trust him to lead you to where you can be. To reach your full potential of the BIG Life you were created for.

God was leading the Israelites. Their journey was from Egypt to the promised land. But to get from where they were to where they were going, they had to go through the wilderness.

Isn’t the same true for us? To get from where you are to where you are going, it’s a wilderness. A desolate land. It doesn’t happen over night.

You’re trying to lose weight. You left 260 pounds and you’re heading to 160, but this journey isn’t easy. In the beginning you’re like the Isralites leaving Egypt, wooohooooo we’re going on a roadtrip. We’re finally on our way. This is exciting. We’re doing it for real this time. And then shortly into the journey you realize this kinda sucks. You know if you keep going you WILL reach the land of 160 pounds but no one told you how tough it would be between 260 and 160. Maybe like the Israelites you hate the journey so much that you almost wish you could go back to where you were. At least back there you weren’t starving. And maybe that’s what you’ve done in the past. You gave up on the journey and went back to the bondage of being unhealthy and overweight because you hated the wilderness in between so badly.

The Israelites were miserable on the journey through the wilderness. They had no food and they wished they would have never left Egypt. Although they were slaves back there, atleast they weren’t starving.

It’s easy to feel that way in the wilderness … the place between where you were and where you’re going. The place between spending more than you make … and … living completely debt free. Oh you know what I’m talking about. Where are my girls at trying to be financially fierce in 2023 and get out of debt. The journey isn’t quite so easy. You remember the days of walking in the store, buying it because you wanted it and just charging it. You were in bondage back then, but atleast you got what you wanted. Now here you are in the wilderness and you’re growing tired of saying no. You just want to shop. You want to eat out. You want to go to the movies. But no, you’re saving money and it’s plain old no fun. And you know you have 5 more years of this?

Does your work feel unimpressive and unimportant? Like you’re doing all of this for a paycheck that is gone in a month, but it’s making no impact. Or even worse, you don’t get paid for all this work! Like you could disappear and no one would really miss you. Do you ever question why you do what you do, and what God had in mind when he led you here? What are God’s intentions for you here in this place where you are? What does he want you to be doing? What difference are you really making?

This past weekend at our BIG Life Florida Keys Retreat, I med an amazing woman who in the beginning seemed very shy and quiet. One night over dinner, she told me she listened to the devotional every day while at work, so I asked her what she did. What followed was a sheer ah-ha moment for me, and I bet it will be for you as well.

She has a 4 word long title that I can’t even begin to remember, and I will be over simplifying her role in my explanation, but she is the person who looks through a microscope at a biopsy and determines whether it is cancer or not. She is the very first person to know if good news or bad news is on the way. She explained to me after so many years in this field, it began to feel dark and overwhelming. Cancer diagnosis after cancer diagnosis. Just knowing she would check the box that confirmed precisely what that living being didn’t want to hear.

But one day, that changed. One day, God showed her the value she was to bring in her role. She was to continue doing her job just as she always had, with one magnificent shift. With each look through the microscope at a biopsy which revealed cancer, she was to pray for that person. She couldn’t heal them. She couldn’t even make the cancer diagnosis easier. She would never meet them. But she could talk to our healer, our redeemer, our savior, our creator about them. And that’s what she does.

It’s made a world of difference for her, and a world of difference for others she will likely never know about this side of heaven. She reads biopsies for people across the US and many other countries. This precious soul with gentle eyes and a sweet spirit, she prays, and it makes a difference.

Imagine for a moment thinking your own biopsy, or the biopsy of your loved one, was under her microscope, and before a single other living soul knew, she knew, and she prayed. Prayers were said over this before the phone call ever came. You were covered before you even knew.

If I ever have a biopsy, I want it to be in her lab under her microscope. You know why? Because I know the power of prayer. James 5:16, “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”

Now, let’s bring this back to you. Back to what you do, and the difference you can make. Back to this place where you might feel totally invisible and disposable, and maybe even miserable doing work that seems to be unimportant. Will you simply ask God to show you why he brought you here? Will you ask him how he wants to use you in this space to be part of his unseen work with eternal impact?

This is purpose.

Psalm 57:2, “I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.”

Purpose often feels like this huge deep thing that, once revealed, has you hearing the angels sing. As if living in your purpose will mean every day is an easy day. As if purpose comes with sure success and overwhelming fulfillment at all times. But, what if instead, purpose looks more like God using you right where you are to make differences you won’t even know about. What if purpose looks more like inviting God into every detail of the space wher...

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This chapter of your life may be similar to the chapter of life I currently find myself in. This is the chapter best defined as “Now, I let God be God.”

Let’s just let God be God here. Let’s let him work some things out while we get out of the way. Let’s get out of our head, refuse the invitation of overwhelm, and find peace in knowing God already saw all of this coming and he’s not freaking out. His good plans for our lives reach far beyond this chapter. He’s got this and he’s got you. He’s been working behind the scenes in ways you cannot imagine for a future you don’t want to miss.

There’s a simple prayer we can pray today to best cover this chapter of our lives. You know, the chapter where we’re finally ready to get out of the way. The chapter where we’re ready to stop trying to control everything. The chapter where we find provision and peace in God’s providence over every detail of our lives. The chapter where we continually tell hell, NO. No, I refuse the invitation of overwhelm. No, I refuse to worry when I know God is working. No, I refuse to put on the ugly jumpsuit of misery when the beauty of joy fits me so perfectly. Yes, that chapter of life. We’re all there. And here’s our simple prayer:

“God, I have no idea what you’re doing, but I trust you.”

And the moment you sincerely release your grip on how you think it’s supposed to be, and genuinely surrender to God with a faith that doesn’t make sense, I believe God says, “Ahhhhhhh, now I can do my greatest work. My girl is ready!”

Hear that today over your life. Now God can do his greatest work because you are ready. You’re releasing the need to understand and control, and you’re surrendering to God in faith. You have decided to trust God and let him be the God of your life.

When we do this, things have a way of working out. Now, the lesson of 2 boats.

Boat #1: Noah was instructed by God to build this massive boat in the middle of a drought. Not only a drought, but some experts believe the earth had never even seen rain fall from the sky at that point. So, not only did Noah not know how to build a boat, but a boat was totally unnecessary at that point.

So, imagine when God comes to Noah and says in Genesis 6: 14-21, “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.”

Noah must have been thinking, “A boat? What in the world? What is this for? And why is it so dang big? That’s 1.5 football fields long! That’s a lot of boat, whatever this boat thing is.” So God continues and tells him why a boat.

“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die. But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”

And this was the chapter of Noah’s life where he decided to just let God be God.

How long after you order something on Amazon do you wait to begin tracking your package? Have you ever been tracking your package, and on the day of it’s scheduled delivery it shows “Order Is Delayed”. Then, for days there’s zero progress. No movement. No further updates. Just “package in transit” for over a week. And you know … it’s stuck. It’s lost. Once you pass that week, the odds of you receiving it are minimal. But you still come back and check for updates, don’t you?

Does anyone use Door Dash for your dinner, then you watch the progress of your order? Ohhhh, they’re preparing your order now! Oh, the delivery is on it’s way. You watch the little car make progress on the map and you get so excited when you see they’ve entered your neighborhood. It’s almost here!

Well, where’s the Heaven app? I need something that shows the progress on the prayers I’ve been praying. I need to know Heaven is working on this. I need to know it will be here this week! Ohhhh, 37 more minutes! And ding dong, there it is! Really, why hasn’t God thought of the Heaven App? I would pay good money to know what’s going on up there in the Heavenlies and when my prayers are going to be delivered.

Maybe you too have something you’ve been praying for, and it’s been a long time. You’ve been waiting with absolutely zero signs of progress, and you wonder how much longer you’re going to be left waiting. I’ve been praying over a very specific situation for more than 4 years. Daily, praying. And let me tell you, there hasn’t been a whole lot of movement. It seems Heaven has lost my order. My angel got lost along the way.

But my faith tells me there’s progress even when I can’t see it. This isn’t lost. It’s not hopeless. And I’m not cancelling my order!

Amazon told me I had the option of cancelling my order because delivery was taking too long. Doesn’t the enemy of our soul do the same thing to us? Doesn’t Satan tempt us with cancelling all we have been praying for? Girl, it’s not happening, just give up! God’s not answering, just stop asking. Shhhhhh, Satan, you’re a liar from Hell. I’m no longer accepting your input on the situation.

Isn’t it funny how Heaven may not give you regular updates, but Hell is always available to deliver something negative.

I’ve shared with you before God told me to take him off a timeline. Do you remember that story?

I have a beautiful prodigal daughter. She’s been away from our family for many years. Every Christmas I would get my hopes up that this was the year she would come back. I would tell God all my plans that this Christmas was THE Christmas. And another Christmas would pass, most without even a phone call. The disappointment while waiting for delivery of your prayers is real. I kept checking progress, and there was none. I kept extending the timeline, and once again, the timeline was blown. I would make deals with God that sounded like this, “God, fix this by Easter and we will give you all the glory.” Easter would come, and Easter would go. Still no progress. So I would pick the next holiday and offer God an extension. This continued for years, and finally God asked me for 30.

Yes, 30. I grew excited with an updated delivery date of my miracle. I’ve been waiting all this time, I can wait for 30 more days. Then he made it clear, no, 30 years. Will I continue to trust him for 30 years? Will I continue to love her and pray blessings, healing, provision and protection over her for 30 years? Will I continue to get up every morning and choose...

Did you get your hopes up that God was going to do something for you, then it just got worse? You thought he was going to save your job, then the whole company shut down. You thought he was going to provide the money for the minor repairs on your car, then the whole engine blew up. You thought God had brought you the man of your dreams, then he turned out to be a nightmare. You thought this whole thing was looking up, then it all fell apart.

I heard something this morning that shook me. It woke me up. It met me in my little pity party of things only getting worse when I thought they were getting better. Here were the words I heard. God isn’t just doing his best here. He’s not showing up with limited resources and limited time, hoping he can stop the bleeding of your gaping wound. He’s not sitting back wondering if he can really change this, fix this, or help this. He’s not overwhelmed with your problem and showing up on the scene to offer the best he can do with no certainty of it being good enough.

God’s not just doing his best, HE IS THE BEST. He knows best. He does best. He holds the best. He’s aligning the best. The best timing, the best outcome, the best breakthrough, the best scenario. But here’s the thing about God … he’s not stressed about your timeline. Nor is he stressed about your picture of how you think it’s all supposed to work out. He holds the best and his best is what it will be. Even when it first gets worse. God’s best is still aligned for you.

Have you heard the story in scripture of Jairus? Jairus was the father of a little girl who was sick. She wasn’t just sick, she was dying. He was desperate for Jesus’ healing touch of his daughter, and he knew there wasn’t much time. So Jairus runs to Jesus in the crowd and falls at his feet, begging for him to come touch his daughter and heal her. Mark 5:24, “Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him.”

So Jesus is coming to Jairus’ house to heal his daughter. YES, God is doing something. I’m leading him to my house. But all of a sudden there’s an interruption, and for 10 verses Jesus has completely stopped in the crowd to heal a woman who had touched his robe. For 10 verses, Jesus’ forward progress toward healing Jairus’ daughter has stopped. And Jairus knew there was no time to waste, but Jesus seemed to be wasting time. He was healing someone else, while his daughter was running out of time.

Do you ever feel like God is busy answering everyone else’s prayers but yours? Like you’ve been praying and seeking, and while you’re still waiting, you see others getting fast answers and immediate results. That’s just dang frustrating isn’t it? But remember, God isn’t just doing his best here to handle all these countless requests and yours is somewhere lost in the pile. He’s not doing his best … HE IS BEST! He knows best. He holds best. He aligns best.

After 10 verses of Jesus stopping to heal someone else in the crowd while Jairus is left waiting for Jesus to keep coming with him, things get worse. Way worse. Mark 4, verse 35, While Jesus is still speaking to this woman in the crowd he stopped to heal, “Messengers arrived from the home of Jairus. They told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”

Things got worse. Way worse. Jairus went from thinking Jesus was coming to heal his daughter, to a delay that resulted in his daughter’s death. Was Jesus just doing the best he could do, and he ran out of time? Did Jesus get distracted? Did Jesus have to make a choice to heal just one, and the woman in the crowd was his best choice?