John 20:18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
Mary Magdalene said "I have seen the Lord." You have seen the Lord too. I know you have. You've seen God bringing hope into your heart at your grandmother's bedside as she died. You've seen God offering you a place to rest when you didn't think there was any room in the inn for you. You've seen God giving you a word of hope that let you get through another dreary and downcast week. You've seen the Lord. I know you have.
I also know, or at least I can guess, that you haven't felt like you could quite put it into words. You haven't felt quite worthy to tell anyone that you've seen the Lord. Because you're not a pastor. Because you're not a brilliant writer. Because you don't write amazing songs. Mary Magdalene felt the same way. She was a woman. She was an outcast woman. She followed Jesus but wasn't counted one of the Twelve Apostles. And yet God chose her to bear the message the first time. Mary Magdalene told the Easter story the very first time. If she could do it, so can you.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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