Why are You Weeping?

“Woman, why are you weeping?" 

John 20:13

Jesus asked Mary Magdalene why she was weeping twice in John chapter 20. She didn't recognize him, and thought he was a gardener, of all people! But then, can you blame her for not being very observant, or sensitive to God's presence? After all, she had just lost the One who loved her most! She felt lonely, devastated even. When she went to the tomb on that first Easter morning, it was still dark, but she could already see that the body of Jesus was not there.

When Jesus asked her, "Why are you weeping?", she answered in despair, "Please sir, if you have carried him away, TELL ME WHERE???"

How many times are we like this? We cry, distraught, fearful, angry even, because of seemingly hopeless circumstances. We do not see God in our everyday. It is amazing that Mary did not even give importance to the two angels sitting at the head and the foot of where Jesus had been laid. This was an allusion to the Ark of the Covenant, to the Mercy seat (Ex. 25:22).

When we are at our lowest, if we turn to the Lord, it can be the beginning of a new hope. The most desperate situation can hide the shining truth, that God is alive, and moving in our lives to bring us to the place we most want to be!