Little Girl, Get Up: Mark 5:35-43

While Jesus was still speaking to the healed woman, messengers arrived from Jairus' house. Their faces told the story before their words: "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?"

Dead. Jairus had come to Jesus while she was dying. He had begged. He had led the way. And now, because of a delay—because of a woman who had touched a cloak—his little girl was gone.

Jesus turned to him immediately. "Don't be afraid. Just believe."

Just believe. With messengers of death standing before him. Just believe.