Saturday evening, 

when the Sabbath ended, 

Mary Magdalene, 

Mary mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus' body. 

Mark 16:1 NLT

These three women are recorded by Mark in Ch15:40 as being at the crucifixion of Jesus. 

They knew Jesus was dead. 

And it seems that they did the next thing that those in their culture did when someone you care about dies (or in this case killed by the Empire that was running the world that they lived in).

In the face of heartbreak and tragedy these three did the next good thing. 

They didn't know what might have been going on in whatever place Jesus was, they didn't know what Sunday held, but chose to do the next step in grieving, the next good thing, for the person who they loved. 

Sometimes that's all we can do too.

In these days that we live between Redemption and the Restoration of All Things, we grieve loss, and do the next good thing for ourselves, and for those in our orbit. 

We know how this story ends, but in the middle of it, Mary, Mary, and Salome didn't, but they chose to stay in community, and to move and love in the way that they could in the world. 

Maybe that's as simple as life should be.

#Easter

#hopeishere

#inthistogether 

#move

#love

#loveGod

#lovepeople