Before the sun rose on that first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene walked quietly toward the tomb.
Her heart was heavy. The One who had delivered her from seven demons (Luke 8:2), the One who had given her purpose, hope, and identity—was gone. She had witnessed the cross, the agony, the burial. And now, in the stillness of morning, she only wanted to honor Him with spices for His body. However, when she arrived, the stone was rolled away.
She ran to Peter and John in a panic. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” The men came, looked inside, and saw the linen cloths—but then they left. Mary stayed behind, weeping.
That’s when something extraordinary happened.
As she bent to look into the tomb, she saw two angels.
“Woman, why are you crying?” they asked.
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
Then she turned—and saw a man standing there. She didn’t recognize Him at first.
He asked the same question:
“Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking He was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
Then— Jesus said her name.
“Mary.”
In that single word, everything changed.
She knew that voice. It was the voice that had called her out of darkness. The voice that had seen her when others cast her aside. The voice that now called her into a new kind of life.
“Rabboni!” she cried—“Teacher!”
Jesus didn’t just rise from the dead—He appeared first to Mary, a woman who had once been rejected, misunderstood, and bound. And He gave her the message:
“Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
She became the first to proclaim the risen Christ (John 20:1-18).
The Beauty of That Morning
Easter is the greatest event in a Christianity and even in history (1 Corinthians 15:14-19). Easter is about how Christ defeated the devil, hell and death. Jesus nailed all our struggles and sin on the cross—it is finished was a cry of victory (John 19:28-30).
Easter isn’t just about an empty tomb—it’s about a Savior who calls us by name.
It’s about a personal God who meets us in grief, confusion, and weakness—not with judgment, but with love and clarity.
Mary was looking for a body. She found a living King.
Reflection:
- Are you, like Mary, standing near something that feels dead?
- Have you forgotten that Jesus often shows up in the garden—in the stillness, in the waiting, in the weeping?
This Easter, listen closely. He’s still calling names.
He’s still turning mourning into joy.
And just like He said to Martha:
“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.” (John 11:25)
He didn’t just rise for the world—He rose for you and for me.
Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for the gift of your son Jesus on the cross. Today, I accept this gift of salvation and hope. Help me also share this gift with everyone I come in contact with through my words and actions. Help me to always reflect Christ wherever I go and in what ever I do. In Jesus precious name I pray, amen.
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