![]() Right? We wouldn’t have so many struggles there would be less sorrow in our hearts. It haunts us, nipping at our heels, feeding on our deepest fear that we will end up abandoned and alone.Īfter all, if we were better women-whatever that means-life wouldn’t be so hard. The result is shame, the universal companion of women. But too emotional, too needy, too sensitive, too strong, too opinionated, too messy. Not pretty enough, not thin enough, not kind enough, not gracious enough, not disciplined enough. I am not enough, and I am too much at the same time. An underlying, gut feeling of failing at who she is. But Jesus is showing that it needn’t even be an issue.Every woman I’ve ever met feels it-something deeper than just the sense of failing at what she does. ![]() As a result, there is a good deal of fear and awkwardness between men and women who are not married to each other. We’ve had presidents who couldn’t be trusted on this front for two minutes it has been the snare of many a pastor as well. His capacity to engage the opposite sex with absolute integrity and utter fearlessness is incredible. And it is this-Jesus’ ability to have intimate relationships with single women-that is really striking. There must have been something particularly sweet and deep in their relationship for Jesus to have chosen her as the first person he wanted to speak to after coming back to life. ![]() He appears first, and privately, to Mary Magdalene. If it were you, whom would you want to show yourself to first? But early Sunday morning, the event that changed the history of mankind took place without even a single witness: Jesus was raised from the dead. He died, and his body quickly laid in a borrowed tomb. Jesus of Nazareth has been systematically tortured and then hung by his hands and feet from timbers. This moment takes place on Easter morning. Here’s something I think most people have never seen before. ![]()
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