Something about Mary
There’s something about Mary that has often intrigued me. Why did she go to the tomb all by herself so early in the morning? Did she imagine she’d get help to roll the tomb away? Or was she filled with this overwhelming sense of duty that the burial rituals have to be followed?
We really don’t know much about what went on in her mind as she headed towards the tomb. The Bible doesn’t say much about it. All it says is that she went by herself and was sorely disappointed to see the Lord’s body missing. Come to think of it, the Bible doesn’t say much about Mary either, and so we really have no clues to go by.
However, the Bible does tell us another thing about Mary. It doesn’t say if she was young, middle-aged, or elderly, but it does tell us that she was the one from whom the Lord cast off seven demons, and that she became a disciple thereafter.
Mary was severely demon-possessed, and she was healed and set free. She was clearly grateful for what the Lord had done for her. The Lord had rescued her from a life of shame, ridicule and misery. She must have been nicknamed ‘Mad Mary’ by all the villagers, but the Lord ended that stigma with His healing power and brought back respect, meaning and purpose to her life. He restored the broken walls of her shattered life and turned her into a member of the household of God.
Her life was changed completely, and all because the Lord had mercy on her. No wonder, she went to the tomb with such enthusiasm. She was grateful to the Lord for what He did: He gave her life, and she was giving Him what she could. There’s something to learn from Mary’s act of gratitude. Question is, will we?
We really don’t know much about what went on in her mind as she headed towards the tomb. The Bible doesn’t say much about it. All it says is that she went by herself and was sorely disappointed to see the Lord’s body missing. Come to think of it, the Bible doesn’t say much about Mary either, and so we really have no clues to go by.
However, the Bible does tell us another thing about Mary. It doesn’t say if she was young, middle-aged, or elderly, but it does tell us that she was the one from whom the Lord cast off seven demons, and that she became a disciple thereafter.
Mary was severely demon-possessed, and she was healed and set free. She was clearly grateful for what the Lord had done for her. The Lord had rescued her from a life of shame, ridicule and misery. She must have been nicknamed ‘Mad Mary’ by all the villagers, but the Lord ended that stigma with His healing power and brought back respect, meaning and purpose to her life. He restored the broken walls of her shattered life and turned her into a member of the household of God.
Her life was changed completely, and all because the Lord had mercy on her. No wonder, she went to the tomb with such enthusiasm. She was grateful to the Lord for what He did: He gave her life, and she was giving Him what she could. There’s something to learn from Mary’s act of gratitude. Question is, will we?
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