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As soon as she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she didn't know it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 
"Woman, why are you crying? 
Who are you looking for?"
Thinking he was the gardener, she replied, 
"Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will get him."
Jesus said to her, "Mary." 
John 20:13-16 CEB
Do you have a favourite Easter account? 
This is mine. 
There's angels (see v11-12).
The greatest event in the history of the world has just happened and it gets announced here.
God is at work in massive ways, and it is expressed in the small, the personal. 
Just a few days ago it was Jesus in tears in the garden, and now it's Mary. And in the midst of her grief and tears and loss, in the not-even-recognising Jesus moment, Jesus is there, and uses her name. 
He is patient, kind, 
Love has made a way, made the way, and is now here, gently inviting Mary, and us, to see him.
And as Mary hears her name, something shifts. 
I don't know how it's going to work, but one day we will see Jesus face to face and he will speak your name, and you will know just what Love is. 
#easter
#sunday
#lovewins

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