Our church service today was extremely challenging - Lazarus and JC raising him from death. My notes indicate that:
Point 1. God/Jesus doesn't come as fast as we want him to. (It took 4 days, and L was then dead)
Point 2. There are purposes to pain. We must use it and believe that God thinks we are able to profit from delays. Jesus wept/was angry/loving and we can be too.
Point 3. JC confronts the obstacles to our healing. He had to get Lazarus's stone rolled away and Martha objected - "He'll smell by now!" Jesus does not mind our stench - He is there to fix things.

I shall be in the hills of Southern Kentucky for a day or two. I plan to do some writing of memoirs - at the insistence of my hostess, who will be at a conference all day and in the evening will critique what I have done. I might go to the hotel's gym too. That would be good.