IMITATE THEIR FAITH/MARY MAGDALENE - "I Have Seen the Lord!"

 Mary Magdalene looked up to the sky, wiping tears from her eyes. Her beloved Lord was hanging on a stake. It was about noon on a spring day, "yet a darkness fell over all the land"! (Luke 23:44,45) She pulled her garment around her shoulders and huddled closer to the women near her. A solar eclipse, which last only minutes, could not have caused this three-hour darkness. Perhaps Mary and others standing near Jesus began to hear animals of the night that are not commonly heard during the day. Some onlookers "grew very much afraid and said: "Certainly this was God's Son."' (Matthew 27:54) Jesus' followers and others might have thought that Jehovah himself was signaling sadness and displeasure at his Son's brutal treatment. 

Mary Magdalene could hardly bear to watch the scene, but she could not leave either. (John 19:25, 26) Jesus might have been in unimaginable pain. Jesus' mother also needed comfort and support.

after all that Jesus had done for Mary, she felt compelled to do all that she could for him. She was once a broken and pitiable woman, but Jesus had all that. He had filled her with dignity and purpose. She had become a woman of great faith. How? And what can her faith teach us today? 

Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/MARY MAGDALENE - "I Have Seen the Lord!" -"Ministering to Them From Their Belongings 

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