Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
07/23/10 06:14 Filed in: Grief
Like a good friend, Jesus is always beside us, even in our darkest hour. He wants to answer our prayers. He can double our joy and divide our grief.
"Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?" (John 20: 15)
Mary Magdalene was the first person to see Jesus after His resurrection from the dead. On seeing the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene was so overcome with grief that she failed to notice the man standing next to her was Jesus.
"Why weepest thou?" Jesus asked her. It's the same question He puts to the broken-hearted, the sick, the love-lorn and those who pine for better days. It's the same question He asks us whenever we become so grief-stricken that we fail to recognize His presence in our lives.
Mary Magdalene was so depressed that she could not think clearly. She could not imagine that anything positive could come out of that dark and empty tomb. Her mind raced with negative thoughts about lost opportunities, a future in doubt and the pain of not knowing what was to come next.
Yet, the moment Jesus called her by name, she turned in amazement and recognized her risen Lord.
"Rabboni," she called Him, which is to say, "Teacher." Mary Magadalene had learned a powerful lesson: earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Like a good friend, Jesus is always beside us, even in our darkest hour. He wants to answer our prayers. He can double our joy and divide our grief.
Besides Jesus, who do you turn to when you are feeling blue? Have you told him or her lately what a blessing they are to you?
Mary Magdalene was the first person to see Jesus after His resurrection from the dead. On seeing the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene was so overcome with grief that she failed to notice the man standing next to her was Jesus.
"Why weepest thou?" Jesus asked her. It's the same question He puts to the broken-hearted, the sick, the love-lorn and those who pine for better days. It's the same question He asks us whenever we become so grief-stricken that we fail to recognize His presence in our lives.
Mary Magdalene was so depressed that she could not think clearly. She could not imagine that anything positive could come out of that dark and empty tomb. Her mind raced with negative thoughts about lost opportunities, a future in doubt and the pain of not knowing what was to come next.
Yet, the moment Jesus called her by name, she turned in amazement and recognized her risen Lord.
"Rabboni," she called Him, which is to say, "Teacher." Mary Magadalene had learned a powerful lesson: earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Like a good friend, Jesus is always beside us, even in our darkest hour. He wants to answer our prayers. He can double our joy and divide our grief.
Besides Jesus, who do you turn to when you are feeling blue? Have you told him or her lately what a blessing they are to you?
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