A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                           A FAVOURED HOME PART IX 

"I, Mary, live in Bethany.... I live together with my sister Martha and my brother Lazarus.... We have a very special Friend.... His Name is Jesus..... He likes to come over for a meal with His twelve disciples.... We love to see them.... I love listening to Jesus..... Martha sometimes gets a little upset with me for not being helpful enough in the kitchen.... Recently, our brother Lazarus got ill.... Martha and I sent a message to Jesus asking Him to come over.... We just knew He would do so right away....But to our shock He did not come.... Our brother died... We were heartbroken.... I did not understand why Jesus had not come to heal him... I knew that He loved Lazarus....Jesus finally arrived in Bethany... Martha went to see Him.... But I could not... So I stayed home.... However, when Martha came back she told me Jesus wanted to speak with me..... I then got up and went to the place where Jesus was just outside Bethany... Our friends who had come over to mourn with us joined me... They thought I was on my way to my brother's tomb."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Martha tells her sister Mary Jesus would like to see her....

                  ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                                 A FAVOURED HOME PART IX

Jesus' words to Martha bring her a measure of comfort so she goes home to tell her sister Mary that Jesus has arrived in the village and would like to see her as you can read in John 11:28-31

And after she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. "The Teacher is here," she said, "and is asking for you." When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

Mary decides to go and see Jesus as well when she learns from Martha that Jesus is looking for her.