"He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary." She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means 'Teacher')." - John 20:15-16
Faith Believers,
These are the questions the risen Christ asked Mary Magdalene as she wept by the empty tomb. She was devastated because the body of the man she had followed for several years was missing. As if witnessing Him die an excruciating death on the cross wasn’t agonizing enough, His missing corpse deepened her mourning further.
She didn’t get it. If she had,
she’d have leapt for joy and her tears
would have been those of pure happiness.
These are the questions the risen Christ asked Mary Magdalene as she wept by the empty tomb. She was devastated because the body of the man she had followed for several years was missing. As if witnessing Him die an excruciating death on the cross wasn’t agonizing enough, His missing corpse deepened her mourning further.
She didn’t get it. If she had,
she’d have leapt for joy and her tears
would have been those of pure happiness.
So Jesus asks her, who it was that she sought. Was it a dead body, or the One who could give her eternal life?
He asks each of us the same thing.
Who are we looking for?
A teacher or a Savior?
A man who had some good suggestion for wise living and remained dead,
or the One who still has the power to give us life?
He asks each of us the same thing.
Who are we looking for?
A teacher or a Savior?
A man who had some good suggestion for wise living and remained dead,
or the One who still has the power to give us life?
Often times in the midst of our sorrow and bewilderment, we wonder where God is in it all? He is right there, but we can’t see that because our emotions cloud our focus. He may manifest Himself in a hymn verse, a friends kindness, or in a passage in the Bible we never took notice of before.
Maybe a delicate flower peeking through the concrete reminds us that we do have the strength we need in Him. Perhaps a sunset helps us realize there is beauty in our lives by His grace.
When Jesus called her by name, “Mary,” she at last knew Who spoke to her. He redirected her focus onto Him. When we refocus, we look beyond the situation to witness the power of our loving GOD.
- Marilyn
- Marilyn
Dear Lord,
Help us look to You when circumstance are overwhelming.
Redirect our focus onto You, so we can realize that, above all else,
Your presences is the most important thing of all.
Everything else is secondary.
Amen
Help us look to You when circumstance are overwhelming.
Redirect our focus onto You, so we can realize that, above all else,
Your presences is the most important thing of all.
Everything else is secondary.
Amen
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