"Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping?'" John 20:15
When Mary Magdalene came to the tomb on Easter Sunday morning, she met the resurrected Christ in the garden. She did not know it was Jesus because her eyes were filled with tears, and she was preoccupied with her deep hurt and utter despair.
Her hopes and dreams had crashed and burned as she saw Jesus beaten and crucified. Her Lord and Savior was now dead. How could that be? Wasn’t He the Messiah? And to add insult to injury, someone had even taken His body from the tomb. It couldn’t get any more heartbreaking for Mary.
And in her profound state of grief, Jesus asks her this simple but probing question, “Why are you weeping?”
Her hopes and dreams had crashed and burned as she saw Jesus beaten and crucified. Her Lord and Savior was now dead. How could that be? Wasn’t He the Messiah? And to add insult to injury, someone had even taken His body from the tomb. It couldn’t get any more heartbreaking for Mary.
And in her profound state of grief, Jesus asks her this simple but probing question, “Why are you weeping?”
