I'm ever amazed by Jesus. There's something about this verse that is so hard for me to understand. I don't know if it's just how I am or what, but I can feel the pain of what Jesus is going through. How is it he can work almost compartmentalizing his own pain for the momentary needs of the ministry crying out for his attention like a little child.
I just wonder how sad he was that he no longer had time to grieve the loss of cousin and preparer. I guess the lesson I'm learning through this vignette of Jesus' time on earth is 3 fold:
1. A heavenward focus will allow compassion to overcome the mourning of earthly loss, deeply cutting though it may be.
2. I don't think I would have been as compassionate as Jesus
3. Jesus really did understand, "let the dead bury the dead."
