Easter

As I pondered Easter over the weekend I was teary but happy. I've found over the last few weeks I have been very emotional. I have wanted to cry almost everyday and more often than not I have cried. It may be the change in schedule or the change in the weather. Today as we watched our movie clip for Sunday school we taught the kids that God is stronger than anything. He is there for you no matter what. I've known this for some time but it seems that it never sunk in. As we watched the movie I got a bit teary thinking how amazing it is that one man, who has never met me, loves ME and YOU so much He would die for us. How cool is that?

I think one of my favorite stories in the bible is the story of the resurrection but not the whole story. I really like the part where Mary FINDS Jesus. She finds her Lord. I can't imagine how lost she much have felt when she knew her Savior was missing. Her Rabboni (Teacher) was gone. Where was He? She was sobbing because He was gone..I can only think to compare it to the thought of losing my best friend. When she found Him she was overwhelmed with Joy. He was Alive and not in the zombie kind of way. He was really truly alive! Here is the story: "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 end 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."

John 20:11-18