Why are you crying” – the angels ask John 20:13
“why are you crying” – the gardener,
who’s really Jesus, asks John 20:15
“The Lord gives me strength. He makes my feet as sure as a deer, and he helps me stand on the mountains.”
(Habakkuk 3:19, Contemporary English Version)
“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.
(John 20:15)
Right after Mary misses Jesus, Jesus calls out to her: “Mary” (John 20:16).
And Mary ‘gets Easter’ as finally she sees Jesus
Destined -- Jeremiah 29:11;
Upheld -- Isaiah 41:10;
Valued -- Luke 12:7;
Sanctified -- I Corinthians 6:11;
Because of Easter – “No power on earth or in hell -- can conquer the Spirit of God -- in a human spirit -- it is an inner unconquerableness. [And so] if you have ‘the whine’ in you -- kick it out...." - Oswald Chambers
“I have seen the Lord! And… [she] told them [all] the things Jesus had said…to her…” (John 20:18).
Are you ‘pushing out’ with Jesus into
everyday routine? Are you applying the truth of the resurrection, that grief does turn to gladness, that though
“…tears [do] linger at nightfall,” in the words of the Psalmist, “…joy comes in the morning…” (Psalm 30:5).