We are very close to celebrating Christmas, the holiday, the time of gift giving, and kinsfolk, and food, and decorations, and mistletoe. In just a few days we’ll unwrap our gifts, make a mess, and say, in one form or another, “Thank You, you shouldn’t have.”
Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not recognize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (Which means Teacher). —John 20: 11-16
Mary, the forgiven whore, the sinner no one proved to be sinless enough to stone to death stands before her Savior, mankind’s savior, my savior, and perhaps thinks to herself, in one form or another “Thank You, you shouldn’t have.”
God, does not only exist when you recognize Him.
He is the God of the flood, the God of the manger, the God of the cross, the God of the resurrection.
Heaven is filled with forgiven sinners who stand before Him and proclaim, “Thank You, you shouldn’t have.”
Merry Christmas
Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not recognize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (Which means Teacher). —John 20: 11-16
Mary, the forgiven whore, the sinner no one proved to be sinless enough to stone to death stands before her Savior, mankind’s savior, my savior, and perhaps thinks to herself, in one form or another “Thank You, you shouldn’t have.”
God, does not only exist when you recognize Him.
He is the God of the flood, the God of the manger, the God of the cross, the God of the resurrection.
Heaven is filled with forgiven sinners who stand before Him and proclaim, “Thank You, you shouldn’t have.”
Merry Christmas
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