Daughter Part #2

Hello!
Welcome back to Never Fatherless and the story of Jesus healing two daughters!
If you missed January's post you can check it out right here to catch up on the story and then come right back for part two.

    ...What do you think the little girls dad was thinking all this time? I mean come on, his daughter was dying, and he asked Jesus first, and the lady's already healed, come on! But then Jesus calls her daughter... and maybe then it makes sense. Jesus loved this woman with as much intense compassion as Jairus loved his daughter. Seeing this woman suffer hurt Jesus' heart like it hurt Jairus to see his daughter suffer...Oh. Maybe Jairus waits more patiently after that.

     But then he hears the news. A servant runs up while Jesus is still speaking. "Your daughter is dead" they tell Jairus, "do not trouble the teacher any more." (people always seemed worried about troubling Jesus)

     For Jairus and his servants hope is gone, but not for Jesus. Listen to what He says: "Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well" Not only did Jesus think of this girl as more than a waste of his time, He spoke confidently, not that he would "see what He could do" but that she would be well. Jairus' daughter was His daughter too.

Come back March 1st for the conclusion!

 -L.

Like Christ

     When girls think of someone as husband material we tend to (consciously or subconsciously) compare him to our dad's. When a girl doesn't have a good dad to compare a guy to (or to scare off the bad ones) she's more likely to end up in a relationship she will regret. I started to wonder how this was going to effect  me. How was I supposed to know what to look for in a guy without my dad around to set the example?

     As I had been wondering about this I read a passage in the Bible and it hit me how God fills that role better than any father. 

     Ephesians 5:25 (ESV) says that husbands are to "love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." And later on in the same passage it says that husbands are to care for their wives as they care for themselves. So there's my answer. The model for the right guy isn't supposed to be a human father but rather Jesus the "...image of the invisible God." (Colossians 1:15 ESV) 

     In Jesus we see what God looks like, and in Him we find unconditionally sacrificial love. That's the example of what a husband should be. So that's what I'm waiting for. A man who loves me like Jesus does. I know that's a high standard and I'm not expecting perfection, but that should be the goal.

    I'd still appreciate a guy who's repentant, smart,creative and funny like my dad. But ultimately, I'm looking for a dude who loves me sacrificially and unconditionally, like Jesus.

Happy February,
-L.