Easter, and What We Think We Know

Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”  John 20:2

Like Thomas and Peter as doubter and denier, Mary Magdalene stands in for us as we come to the empty tomb with the burden of what we think we know. Yes, there was a bigger crowd outside that tomb than you thought! Mary and us thought we knew how death worked, even though not long before we stood with Martha outside another tomb and warned our Lord of the stench of death around poor Lazarus. Mary Magdalene, Martha, and we too seem to be remarkably slow learners at times. That burden of what we know just trips us up again and again. And there is Mary just a bit later demanding from the gardener where they have laid the body of the living Lord Jesus standing in front of her. It takes a powerful and persistent presence to remove from us the huge block of what we think we know about death. It's a good thing the Lord has provided that in His Holy Spirit! 

Rejoice in the risen Lord Jesus this Easter weekend!

Bucky