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She came to the tomb...early...while it was still dark

Lake Wilcox, Richmond Hill on a beautiful spring day

Today is Easter Sunday. The day we remember the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus.

John tells us that "Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early while it was still dark..." John 20:1.

She came alone. A single woman.
Loved one your relationship with the Lord is personal, one on one. God calls us to a relationship with Him and He promises in Jeremiah 29:12 - 13
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

 She came early while it was still dark. John 20:1
Her grief and the horror of the events of the last 2 days did not stop her. The account does not say she was not afraid of the dark. Maybe she was and maybe she wasn't - but one thing is clear. She was so desperate to go to Him that she came out in the dark.
Are you in the dark just now - your life is not where you want it to be? Wake up friend and seek Him while it is still dark.

She mistook Him for the Gardner. Dear Reader in the fog of your circumstances you might mistake His presence for another. Moses in Deut 31 said to the nation of Israel: Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” This is a promise to us - he will never leave us nor forsake us. "Not for a moment" as the words of the song go. 

He called her by her name. "Mary." John 20:16
Love One He knows your name because He created you.

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them. Ps 139:14-16

"Mary."
She heard His voice and immediately knew that this was Her master.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me John 10:27


She came looking for a dead body 
                           and 
                                       found 
                                               THE RISEN CHRIST!

"I have seen the Lord". John 20:18

Precious Reader: Seek Him with all your heart, seek Him while it is still dark. I pray that if you are reading this post that if you do not know Him personally, that you will meet Him in this garden.
If like me you know Him as your Lord and Saviour, I pray that you will have a fresh and new encounter, as you hear the tenderness in His voice as He calls your name. I did today.

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