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."

John 20:15 CEB

Always good to consider Jesus questions:

Why are you crying?

Who are you looking for?

Mary was looking for dead Jesus.

She was mourning her teacher who had died and wanted to be close to him. To process her grief and loss. 

It's Sunday and Jesus is already a figure from history. 

When we go looking for dead Jesus, just like Mary, we won't find him. He's no longer there, but not moved, not carried away somewhere else, but returned from death to life. 

Mary's expected storyline was interrupted by the living Jesus, the resurrected Jesus. What is it in our storyline that the resurrected Jesus wants to disrupt?

Maybe it's a big thing, or just the smallest of changes in direction, or thought, or action, or choice. 

Mary was looking for Jesus in the midst of her tears, and sometimes that's the best time to be seeking him.

#easter

#sunday

#lovewins

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#whoareyoulookingfor