There are few burdens heavier for parents to carry, than that of seeing their children suffer. Worse still, is the death of a child. Of all the various crises that we might encounter, the death of one’s child is the most traumatic. All other forms of crisis can eventually be “laid to rest.” However, the death of a child creates pain that is never completely dispelled. Do you remember David’s reaction to his child’s sickness? When his child was very ill, David could not eat and he rejected the efforts of his associates in raising him from the ground. The illness of his child had “floored him,” both literally and figuratively. (See 2 Samuel 12:16-17.) In Matthew 9, Mark 5 and Luke 8, we learn of a man named Jarius who was a ruler in the synagogue at Capernaum. Typically, those who were closely attached to the synagogue did not embrace Jesus. John 12:42-43 reports, “Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.” Ah, but Jarius had a greater burden than that of concern over being thrown out of the synagogue. His daughter was sick. She was very sick! In fact, she was at the point of death. Jarius must have felt desperate. There was no highly advanced hospital that specialized in children’s illnesses to take the