IMITATE THEIR FAITH/MARY MAGDALENE - "I Will Take Him Away"

 Afer Jesus' body was placed in a tomb, Mary was among the women who got some additional spices so that they could later apply them to his body.  (Mark16:1,2;LUke 23:54-56)  Then she rose early  in the morning after the sabbath was over.  Picture her walking along the darkened streets with other woman, heading to  Jesus' tomb. On the way, they wondered  how they could roll away that blocked the entrance.  (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:11-3) Yet, they did turn back. " Their faith evidently moved them to do what they could and entrust the rest to Jehovah. 

May may have beeb ahead of the others as she arrived at the tomb. She stopped in her tracks, shocked.  The stone had been rolled away-and the tomb was empty!  A woman of action, she ran back to report to Peter and John what she saw. Imagine her breathlessly exclaiming:  "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they  have laid ghim"!  Peter and John rushed to the tomb, verified that it was empty, and then went back to their homes.

When Mary returned to the tomb, she lingered there alone. Very early in the mornign, the silece of that empty tomb descended on her, and she was overcome with weeping.  She stooped forward to look in the tomb, still not believing that the Lord was gone, and she received a great shock. Two angels in white sat them!  "Why are you weeping?"  They asked.  Bafffled, she repeated what she had said to the apostles:  "They have taken my Lord away and I do not know where they have laid him." - JOHN 20:11-13. 

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