“Sometimes, love holds back.” The thought crossed my mind as I was reading the story of Jesus and Lazarus. In John 11, two truths stand side by side and yet are so in contrast: First, that Jesus loved Lazarus. “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.”  (John 11:5) And second, that Jesus intentionally stayed where He was for two more days after hearing Lazarus was sick. “So when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was two more days.”  (John 11:6) Love