Exodus 4:13-14John 6:22-40 and John 11:20-27

Sometimes it seems that even Jesus is not enough. I know that’s a startling statement, but it’s a way of stating just how terrible death is.

In Mark’s gospel even Jesus cries, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” And it’s okay if we sometimes have to cry those same words, too.

But Jesus is enough. That’s the message that I have to bring today. Jesus is enough, not because he is some kind of miracle-worker or some magician, but because he is, at one and the same time, both God and the one true revelation of the living God.

That can make all the difference to us in our grief. The One we come to is not just some good and holy man, and not just some great prophet who tells us about God. He’s that, of course, but he’s much more.

“If I come to…