“Only believe.” Only!?

Morning; Psalms 148, 149, 150; Exodus 18:1-12; I John 2:7-17

Evening: Psalms 114, 115; Mark 16:9-20

Jesus said to Jairus, “Only believe.” (Mark 5:36) That’s a big ‘only’! His disciples spent 3 years with him and heard him say he would be killed and rise again. Yet, they did not believe when their trusted companions (Mary Magdalene and 2 others) told them they had seen the risen Jesus. Only when they saw him themselves did they accept it. By then it was not belief; they knew. What of us, who have never seen him? We must trust and point people to other signs of Love’s power over death ... “Only believe” was really addressed to us.