This morning's gospel reading is about a child lost, not through sin, but through disease. Jairus, a leader of the synagogue, has a daughter who is gravely ill. It is a measure of Jairus' desperation that he comes to Jesus who was an uncredentialed rabbi. But human desperation is divine opportunity. It was a brutal message but one life teaches us.
Death is the brick wall into which life slams eventually.
Death is the period at the end of our little oration. And whatever words of wisdom the teacher may have, death has the last word. Your daughter is dead. The message stuns Jairus but does not even slow Christ down. They laugh at him.