Then Jesus said to them, 

"Don't be afraid. 

Go and tell my brothers that I am going into Galilee.

They will see me there."

Matthew 28:10 CEB

Jesus first words after his resurrection;

"Don't be afraid."

He could see, sense, knew what was going on, and his first words weren't about him, the sunrise, what had happened, but about them.

"Don't be afraid."

Is that what we need to hear from Jesus?

"Don't be afraid."

What shifts, what opens up when Jesus says "don't be afraid."

What fears get challenged, silenced, quietened, when we hear Jesus say "don't be afraid."

Jesus next words are to then bring comfort to others - "go and tell my brothers...I'll see them there"

Jesus was all about the people he loved, and in his humanity he was just like us and that's a small group, but in his divinity his heart is enough to wrap us all in.

We are His Beloved, and today, just like 2000 years ago on that first resurrection morning, Jesus says "don't be afraid".

#easter2025 

#dontbeafraid

#youareBeloved

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