On the Sunday morning after Jesus was crucified, a woman named Mary went to
visit the grave where the body of Jesus had been laid. When she got there, she
found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. She ran to find someone
to tell them what she had seen. She found two of the disciples, Peter and John,
and she said to them, "They have taken our Lord out of the tomb and we don't
know where they have put him."
The three of them immediately ran to the tomb. When they got there, they all saw
the same thing, but they didn't all look at it in the same way.
Peter looked and was curious. The Bible says Peter went in the empty tomb and
looked around. He saw strips of linen laying around and the cloth that Jesus had
been buried in folded neatly and placed where the body had been. "Hmmm, very
interesting," Peter might have said to himself.
Mary looked and was sad. The Bible tells us that Mary didn't even go inside the
empty tomb. She just stood outside the tomb and cried because she feared that
someone had stolen the body of Jesus.
John looked and believed. The bible says that John went inside the tomb and he
saw and believed. Now, I don't know exactly how much John understood, but I
think he believed that Jesus had risen from the grave just as he said he would.
Three people -- they all saw the same thing -- one was curious, one was sad, and
one believed. I think that is pretty much the same way people react to the story
of Jesus today. Some people hear the story and they are curious, others hear it
and think it is sad, others hear it and believe.
What abt u??? HE is our saviour, am thankful, very grateful for the love He has for me...
