Stress does unusual and even extraordinary things to the mind and body. When stress, anxiety, grief, or trauma appears due to some kind of event in our lives, our body shocks our minds into a kind of high alert syndrome. This can include emotional reactivity, cognitive issues, insomnia, increased suspicion of threat, tension, brain fog, worry, and even anger!

Additionally, in the case of a death, grief can kick in, adding fatigue, disbelief, confusion, and bitterness to the list of maladies that affect our well-being and ability to focus.

We can only imagine what Mary and Martha must be feeling when their brother Lazarus falls ill and dies. Not only that, but his best friend, Jesus wasn’t there. He has done so much for everyone else, but now he is nowhere to be seen. 

It’s easy to see how fai…