Mary Magdalene bursts into the upper room where the apostles are still nestled in fear and confusion over the empty tomb and announces that she has seen the Lord. She is met with disbelief. Earlier, she herself, weeping in the garden, did not recognize Jesus at first, thinking he was the gardner. Only when he called her name did the veil fall from her eyes and she indeed saw the Jesus she loved. She tried to shake a similar veil from the Eleven, but was met with skepticism. until that evening when Jesus appeared to them, not chiding them for their disbelief or fear, but offering them peace.
So often in our own lives, our skepticism, fears and prejudices keep us from seeing the Lord as he comes to us in other people. We see the "gardener" but not the good person inside. Recently I attended a memorial service for a man whose life has been peppered with public scandal, but the eulogies focused on the man inside, and I saw him in a whole different light. It brought home to me how limited my perception is of other people. I pray for the eyes of Mary Magdalene to be able to see the good, the Christ, in others.
Bro. Rene
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