A Strange Thing Happened at the Funeral

[305 words] Jesus once came across a funeral procession and did something strange. He walked up to the boy’s grieving mother and said: “don’t cry.” That poor lady might have said: “Why not weep? It is time. I have lost my only son.” But Jesus reached out and touched the open coffin. This was a strange thing for a Jew to do. You see, when a Jew came in contact with the dead, it made him unclean for several days. But this didn’t stop Jesus. He touched that open coffin and said: “Young man, I tell you, get up!” And, immediately, that young man sat up and started talking. He had been dead but now was alive – by the power of Jesus Christ! How happy that mother must have been. Her son was dead but now he was alive again. I am certain that mother thanked Jesus from the…