10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11 but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,"Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' " 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Shock after shock! What would you do if you were grieving a loved one and suddenly they appeared? You would hardly believe it, but here is another instance of God working in Mary so that she would recognize Him and be able to tell the rest of the disciples. How often doesn't God work in us to do something that He wants us to do and we don't recognize it or give Him the glory for it? Too often I just think I thought of it myself and give myself the glory or want others to give me the glory. I need to be more aware of what God is doing in my life, looking for Evidences of God's Grace (EGGs) and then give Him the glory!
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