I Have Seen the Lord!

Spiritual Vitamin: "I have seen the Lord." John 20:18

Reflect: Mary Magdalene is weeping as she sees the empty grave. But it isn't empty. On either end of the bench, where she'd seen them lay the body of Christ, are two white robed angels.

"Why do you cry?" one asks. "Because they've taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they put him." Mary sees a gardener and asks Him where Jesus might be. All at once she hears the word "Mary." It was Jesus! Jesus tells her to go and find his brothers and tell them that He will ascend to His Father and your Father." (Tricia McCary Rhodes, Contemplating the Cross, page 184-185)

Soon, Mary begins to share the news "I have seen the Lord" with the other disciples. Can you imagine what those interchanges would have been like? What must have Mary felt like when she heard Jesus' voice say her name? 

Remember today, that God speaks your name as well. Give him your fears, your disappointments and grief. He is listening. Listen. He speaks your name.