Leaving the Land of Disappointment - Girlfriends in God - February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020Leaving the Land of Disappointment Sharon Jaynes
Today's Truth
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance, (John 20:1 NIV).
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Sometimes you expect you're getting a Rachel and you wake up with a Leah. Okay, I know that example might connect better with a guy, but you get the point.
Let me try that again. What do you do after you've crossed the Red Sea of obstacles, only to be dying of thirst at Marah three days later? How do you keep your dancing from turning into disappointment? One thing is for sure; you don't drive down your tent pegs by the disappointing waters of Marah and camp out there. You move on.
I think of the women on Jesus's ministry team. They had committed their lives to the Messiah and believed that He would restore Israel. Mary Magdalene and a handful of other women had followed him for more three years. But life had not turned out like they thought it would. Their hopes and dreams were nailed to a cross and the lifeblood spilled on the ground to be trampled underfoot. Their future lay in a borrowed tomb—sealed behind an imposing stone.
It appeared Jesus was not going to be the ruler and set things right after all. The very people He came to save had killed Him. This was not how the story was supposed to go . . . at least in their eyes.
So what did Mary and the other women do? On the third day after Jesus's death, while it was still dark, they got up, gathered their spices and started walking to the tomb (John 20:1). Never mind that it was still dark. Never mind that a giant boulder blocked the tomb's entrance . . . a stone too heavy for the women to move.
Never mind that armed Roman soldiers stood guard over the grave. Never mind that the disciples were so discouraged and disillusioned that they hid away in a secret room. Never mind all that. The women didn't have all the details worked out in their heads, but they were not going to sit home in their discouragement—paralyzed into inactivity. They were going to move forward . . . while it was still dark. |
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