Daily Bible Reading Contact Us churches of Christ Lauds Links Vol. We see this in Martha's words and Mary's tears. When the Visitor welcome above all others finally arrived at Martha's house, he did not find a party. He found tear-blurred eyes, faces red and swollen from crying, and emotions on edge. Death had charged a high toll and left poverty in its wake.
Death hurts because of the initial shock.
Mary and Martha's grief was doubtless intensified by the fact that Lazarus was cut off in the midst of this life. We never know when death will come. To tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour. Now is the only time you own, live, love, toil with a will Place no faith in tomorrow, for the hands may then be still. If you've been to a funeral, then you know that death still hurts.