Today's Bible reading is the 7th chapter of the Book of Luke. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+7&version=NASB

The Gospels are full of various accounts of Jesus healing people who have come to Him on their own or who have been brought to Him by others. Today we read of a most wonderful encounter that Jesus has with a woman and her only son. As Jesus is entering the city of Nain, we read that the woman, already a widow, is walking out of the city when the two cross paths. She is walking alongside some men who are carrying the casket that holds the dead body of her son, her only son. The passage also tells us that there is a large crowd accompanying her as they walk. She does not approach Jesus and no one approaches Him on her behalf. No one approaches Jesus on behalf of her son who lays dead in the casket. But Jesus sees the woman and has compassion for her. He tells her not to weep and then He does an amazing thing. He walks up and touches the coffin and then speaks to the woman's son, saying, "Young man, I say to you, arise!" Of course, a dead man has no ability to respond to someone who speaks to them. But Jesus also quickens the woman's son to do two things. To hear His voice and respond to Him. Luke tells us that the man "sat up and began to speak". Praise God that Jesus still speaks to those dead in their sins and trespasses AND quickens them to hear Him and respond to Him.