First at the Empty Tomb

Pause & Reflect

Mary Magdalene stood outside the tomb weeping. Then Jesus spoke her name. “Mary.” Grief turned toward recognition. The risen Christ then entrusted her with a message: “Go to my brothers and tell them...” A woman became one of the first witnesses commissioned to announce the resurrection to Jesus' disciples. That matters. Christian faith rests upon the risen Christ. And Scripture openly records women among the first witnesses of the empty tomb. Mary's devotion brought her to the tomb while she still believed death had won. Then Jesus transformed mourning into testimony. Sometimes God meets us while we are still crying. The tears do not mean He is absent.