Post easter - mid week

What happens after a big event in your life?

A trip

A party

hanging out at friends

There is always a let down right?

With Easter there is no let down.

With christ we have eternity.

John 20:3–18 “So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 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.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, 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.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 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.”

What do we do from this?

We run to find Jesus.

We search and we search (they picked the tomb apart)

Godly Grief

We have grief over the pain and sufferinig that Jesus went through

But dont let the grief over take you, allow it to point you toward repentance.

Mary couldnt see Jesus right in front of her.

Apply

What in your life is keeping you from seeing where Jesus might be working?

WHO in your life…

Are you running to Jesus each day? Is he even apart of your day? Does he get a say, or do you just wake up and ignore him?

Lets pray.