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When
the Son of God entered Martha’s house that day, He didn’t enter a vacuum. We know that there was a complex family
history that led up to the turning point.
How do we know? Because every
family inherits and passes on a complex family history which molds each person
born into it in a unique way. When we enter this world, we don’t enter a
vacuum. For better or for worse, we are
born into families, carrying resemblances of Moms and Dads, Aunts and Uncles,
not only in our bodies but in our souls as well. And yet we are not just a
random product of some cosmic fishing rod that dips into the gene pool and
pulls out a haphazard DNA concoction called you
and me.
There
is a mystery and uniqueness in each of us that both comes out of and transcends
our family heritage.
Within
the family we experience love and belonging.
Unfortunately, within family we also experience abandoning and rejection. Under the same roof dwell love and loss, hope
and despair. There is brokenness in each
of us which we are determined to overcome, each in our own way.
What
is this family’s history? We don’t know the specifics, but we can surmise some
things based on what the Scriptures say and don’t way.
For
example, there is no mention of parents.
Just Martha, Mary, and later we learn they have a brother, Lazarus.
What happened to their Mom and Dad?
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