human
If you can do anything, help him!
gpt
Take heed that we do not all suffer because of him, the prophet said, and then made the child whole. And they told yet more. On the other side of the lake He had made a deaf-mute to speak, and at Bethsaida had made a blind man to see. But, above all, every one knew how at Nain He had brought back a young man to life who had already been carried out of the house in his coffin! A wine-presser was there who told something about an old woman who had vehemently prayed the prophet to cure her sickness. Thereupon Jesus said:
human
You are old and yet you wish to live! What makes this earth so pleasing to you? and she replied:
gpt
Nothing is pleasing to me on this earth. But I do not want to die until the Saviour comes, who will open the gates of Heaven for me. And He:
human
Since your faith is so strong, woman, you shall live to see the Saviour.
gpt
They forget all his failures, and remember and magnify all his successes. That's all there is in it.
human
It is important that he should be loved, but the love is compelled by some mysterious power. No one can make himself beloved of his own accord, it must be given him.
gpt
Why have you summoned Me? Where is the dead girl?
human
The child is not dead, He said,
gpt
Why did you summon Me if you do not believe in Me? If you have assembled here to watch the dead, there's nothing for you to do.
human
Be comforted. Prepare some food for your daughter. Then He took hold of the child's cold hand, and whispered:
gpt
Little girl! Little girl! wake up, it is morning.
human
Arise, my child. You are too young to have gained heaven yet. The Father must be long sought so that He may be the more beloved. Go your way and seek Him.
gpt
I understand your gratitude. You will do what I do not wish. You will go to the street corners and exclaim: 'He raised our child from the dead'; and the people will come and ask Me to heal their bodies, while I am come to heal their souls. And they will desire Me to raise the dead, while I am here to lead their spirits to eternal life.
human
Lord, how are we to understand you?