HE IS RISEN

In John's gospel, we find Mary Magdalene coming to the tomb early on Easter Sunday morning. She went with the intention of anointing the body for burial but when she arrived at the tomb she found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance of the tomb. She quickly runs back and let's Peter and John know that someone has stolen the body, so she thinks. Peter and John run to the tomb to check it out for themselves.
After the inspection by Peter and John they return to the house while Mary remains. She is still weeping and upset because she thought that the body of her Lord had been stolen. She looks in the tomb and sees two angels sitting inside and they ask her, "Woman, why are you crying?" Her response is that she does not know where they have taken the body of her Lord. She turns around, still upset and crying, and sees someone whom she thinks is the gardener. She as, "If you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away."
The next thing that happens is for me, one of the most meaningful passages of Scripture. Jesus said to her, "Mary." Did you get it? Jesus calls her by name and she recognizes his voice and falls down to worship the risen Lord.
All the loss, despair, weeping, depression, agony, and grieving is gone in a moment all because He called her name. What an amazing moment when the Savior calls our name. At that moment we realize that life is worth living, that despair is vanquished by the voice of authority and love.
This morning in our Easter worship service we had a young lady who heard the Savior call her name, and she answered and received Christ as Lord and Savior. What a great Easter gift that the risen, living, loving, ruling Savior who defeated sin, death and the grave still calls out to people in this world and they hear His voice and respond to and accept His gift of salvation...
Praise be to the LIVING LORD!!!...Till Tomorrow...Bro. Alan