Mary's world seemed to be crashing down. She expected to go that morning and prepare Jesus's body for a proper burial. But nothing had been as she expected for the past few days. It started with the guards coming to take Jesus in the night, followed by secret trials under the cover darkness. Next false charges were risen against him. Finally, after Pilate tried to release Jesus and the crowd refused, he was sentenced to death. Death on a cross. She didn't understand any of it. And now, the one thing that she came to do to pay respect to Jesus could not even be done because the body was gone.
My hope is that we have not had many days in our lives where we feel like Mary - like the world is crashing down. But I know that we have probably had many days where we feel like our lives are a mess. Days when we look around for Christ in the midst of it all and wonder exactly where he is.
The truth is many times, just as it was with Mary so long ago, Christ is standing right next to us. Calling us by name. But we are so caught up in our own circumstances or how we think Christ should appear and act that we miss him, and all that he has to offer us.
Let us look, friends, not to where we expect Jesus to be but to where he truly is. Let us find him right beside us.
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