Jesus said to her, 

"why are you crying?

Who is it that you're seeking?"

Supposing he was the gardener, 

she replied, 

"Sir, if you've carried him away, tell me where you've put him, and I will take him away."

Jesus said to her, 

"Mary."

John 20:15-16 CSB

Resurrection.

Jesus is back!

Back with such power and authority that...he's mistaken for someone who looks after the cemetery. 

Who digs graves. 

Who fills them in.

Who tends to the dead.

Maybe Mary just wasn't seeing too well through her tears. 

Notice who's not here in this picture:

Almost everyone. 

No disciples, no soldiers, no Jewish leaders, no Roman authority, just one person, with tears in her eyes, looking for Jesus.

And after going through the trials, the abuse, death by crucifixion, and having the sin of the world infused in him, and now brought back from death by the God's power, having literally just saved the world, we still have the gentle, loving, personal, caring Jesus, OK with being mistaken...the Jesus who knows Mary's name.

Easter Sunday.

He knows your name.

A glimpse of heaven. 

I don't think Jesus will be holding a shovel & wearing gumboots, so I don't think we'll mistake him, but when he reaches out, 

touches your eyes, 

wipes away your tears, 

and speaks your name, 

Beloved, 

everything will be OK.

He doesn't tend graves, but calls us out.

He doesn't fill in graves but empties them.

He doesn't tend to the dead, he brings Life.

#easter

#eastersunday

#heknowsyourname

#hopeiscomingforyou