Its hopeless - grim. The child hasn t died. She s asleep. And they all start laughing at Him. Because they know she s dead.
Sleep is sleep.
Death is death. Jesus takes Peter, James, John, Jarius - the father, and the girl s mother into the house and goes to the room where this lifeless child is laying. Jesus turns to the amazed parents and tells them to get something to eat for the girl - who s hungry. We know that they re resting and that they ll wake up and we ll go on with our lives together. We struggle with this because we struggle with eternity.