Unbelieving

Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.  Mark 16:9-11

Jesus had told the disciples to be watchful for His return, and He had told them plainly more than once that He would be executed and rise again. The first news of the risen Lord Jesus comes from Mary Magdalene, and she is not believed. Well, now what do we do? Jesus is risen, but the eleven hand-picked disciples who spent so much time with Him will not believe He did exactly what He said that He would do. Unbelief can be a mighty wall keeping Jesus out of the heart. The first report of the living Lord Jesus has arrived, and the disciples remain unbelieving. What next? 

Bucky