The
Good News of Easter
… She turned around and saw Jesus standing
there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked
her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking
he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me
where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” – John
20:14-16
There are
two heart-felt needs we all have: someone to recognize our tears and some one
to know our name.
In the
first instance, we want acknowledgement of our pain. It easy to get someone to
smile with us; it is more difficult to find some one to cry with us. We really
don’t care if they know our name or if we know their name: all we ask for is
some one to validate our pain. Easter is about the Suffering Jesus seeing our
pain – whatever it might be.
In the
second instance, we want acknowledgement of our existence: someone to know our
name. The theme song of television show, Cheers, was “Where everyone knows your
name.” That is all anyone of us wants: someone to know our name. The God of
heaven knows your name. God invites you to come to the empty tomb and celebrate
the victory over death. – Ron Friesen
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