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“Then the followers went back home.” Mary stayed, crying. She stayed where she would encounter the
risen Christ, without even knowing
it! Her problem: “They have taken away my Lord.” She even saw
Jesus standing there but did not recognize Him.
Talking to Him like He was a stranger,
she asked where Jesus was. Jesus did one thing in reply. He
called her name. That was all it took.
Though she hadn’t even recognized Him, He also said, “I am
going back to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.” He affirmed that they were both part of God’s family.
Father, I’m about to go back home as well. Joseph is to stay where he too can encounter Christ again. Hamlin has almost taken You away from him,
but You’ll never let go. Call out his
name this morning and every morning from that place. Let him know
that You will be with him there as
he grows in You and becomes a man after Your own heart. Soften the heartaches we each will feel with
this temporary separation, knowing that if we are in You and You are in us,
then we are together. I love him more
than he will ever know – enough to leave him there with You for awhile. Hold him when I can’t, Father. Tell him often
that I love him. Hold me, too.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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