Mark 16: 7 " But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.”
The stranger in Jesus's tomb says this to the women who have come to anoint his body. They are in shock. They had just been wondering how they were going to be able to move the huge stone from the tomb, and it was already done. Then this man speaks to them. He tells them that Jesus has been raised from the dead.
Those women must have been so flustered. They were trying to do the right thing for a friend who had passed away. They surely weren't expecting to find an empty tomb. I have to think that they were at least a little skeptical about the stranger and what he said. I am also surprised that Peter got a shout-out separate from the rest. Did Jesus think he needed special encouragement since the denying him 3 times had happened?
Prayer: Lord, the takeaway from today's reading for me is that the impossible is possible with God. I am asking for healing for Ron. We have had several days of relatively good health. Today is not one of those. I am asking for a good outcome from this treatment--for few side effects and for the cure he so desperately needs. His health has been a driving issue in our lives for so long. Lift this burden from us.
Amen
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