Jesus Knows Your Name
jo Crosby
May you come to know that the Lord sees you and loves you; he knows your name.
‘‘But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she knelt to look into the tomb and saw two angels sitting there, dressed in white, one at the head, the other at the foot of where Jesus’ body had been laid. They said to her, “Woman, why do you weep?"
“They took my Master,” she said, “and I don’t know where they put him.” After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn’t recognize him. Jesus spoke to her, “Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?”
She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, “Mister, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him.”
Jesus said, “Mary.”
Turning to face him she said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” meaning “Teacher!"
John 20: 11-16, the Message
I love these verses of scripture.
Although simply written, these words give us the message of Easter Morning.
The writer, John, provides all the details we need to hear and feel Mary’s despair and confusion.
Don’t you kneel with her and look inside the tomb?
Can’t you see her face and feel her pain?
Life without her precious Savior is more than she wants to bear…
Jesus was all she needed, and all she wanted.
No other person could be her Teacher, her Savior, or her Master.
No item or thing could replace the joy and peace He offered.
The angels were not enough for Mary…
The disciples left her side…
A kindness of a mortal gardener was not the comfort she sought…
She only wanted Jesus.
And, Jesus loves her so much…
He could have been anywhere in all of creation....
And, we find Him near the empty tomb waiting for her.
Can’t you see his feet in the dirt of the garden?
Don’t you wonder of the tone of his voice?
And, He does the most amazing thing…
the most personal of things…
He calls her by name…. Mary….
The sweet the sound of her name must have rested in the garden air!
She immediately turns to seek His face and exclaims… “Rabboni!”
One can feel her joy come through the pages of John’s Gospel.
Mary’s mourning is transformed into joy…
She is with her Jesus…
Mary went to the empty tomb seeking Jesus, but in truth, she is the one who is found…
What an incredible relationship He invites us into…
Jesus loves us tenderly, personally.
He never leaves our side.
He understands our every need.
He lives and walks with us each day.
Jesus, the Risen Savior, calls us by name…
I pray that you have a wonderful Easter with your family.
Jo