I know we’re still a week away from celebrating Easter but the heart of everyone who has chosen to put their faith in Christ celebrates His resurrection each and every day.
We serve a risen Savior – He lives!
This morning I am sitting here quietly and again I’m thinking of the first Easter morning. Thinking what it must have been like when Mary ran to the tomb and found it empty.
She was heartbroken, thinking that someone had stolen Jesus body. And then it happened – she heard her name.
“Jesus asked her, ‘Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?’
She thought he was the gardener and said, ‘Sir, if you have taken his body away, please tell me, so I can go and get him.’
16 Then Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’
She turned and said to him, ‘Rabboni.’ The Aramaic word “Rabboni” means “Teacher.” John 20:15-16 CEV
I’ve thought of that so many times,. What must it have been like to hear Jesus speak her name? In her heartache, He was there!
In my heartache, He is here. In my joy, He is here! In my day to day moments He is here and when I’m quiet, I can hear Him speak my name.
So I gladly declare to all this morning
“The angel said to the women, ‘Don’t be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was nailed to a cross. 6 He isn’t here! God has raised him to life, just as Jesus said he would. Come, see the place where his body was lying. 7 Now hurry! Tell his disciples that he has been raised to life and is on his way to Galilee.'” Matthew 28:5-7 CEV
He is risen as He said! He lives within my heart. Hallelujah!