Mary came to where Jesus was waiting and fell at his feet, saying, "Master, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died." John 11:32

There is anger abroad in the world, a numb thunder, because of God's silence...But perfect freedom assured other ways of speech. God is surely patiently trying to immerse us in a different language... The holy voice utters its woe and glory in myriad musics, in signs and portents. Immersion, Denise Levertov

Why didn't he do something?*

Others among them said, "Well, if he loved him so much, why didn't he do something to keep him from dying? After all, he opened the eyes of a blind man." There are questions we are quick to ask of God and questions that we dare not. We need not feel that He will flinch from them, as Jesus did not here. But neither can we pre-guess or determine his response. As I listen to this question* and the response within me what desire or challenge is stirred within me? Is there a prayer or action that emerges?