Easter Monday 13th April Message

Easter Monday 13th April Message
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April 13, 2020
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Dear Reader

It was a case of mistaken identity that first Easter morning. Mary Magdalene thought Jesus was the gardener. After a short discourse, the ‘penny dropped’. It wasn’t the gardener at all but the risen Jesus.

It was in the mention of her name, ‘Mary’, that she became aware of who Jesus was. That familiar sound. It is a fact that when we feel alone and out of sorts, perhaps in strange and unfamiliar surroundings, first day at high school in a new class, starting a new job or alone in a foreign country, the sound of our name is comforting.
Our names are important. They embody something of who and what we are. If you are going to remember someone’s name, stick with their first name. It’s the one people like to hear. We really do like to hear the sound of our name. It catches immediate attention. It personalises every situation and gives us recognition and importance. We are not numbers in God’s eyes.
That first Easter there was a lot of confusion, fear and joy all mixed up. Perhaps similar to what we’re all feeling today. We are all out of sorts.
Each day in our experiences good, bad and ugly, we might forget, ignore or not recognise our Lord but one thing is for sure he will never forget who you are. He knows you by your name. In Jesus short reply, ‘Mary’, there is much to ponder.
Today I ask you to think/meditate on this.
God bless you!

Jim

JBoag@churchofscotland.org.uk

JOHN 20: 11-18

Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

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