The Forward Day by Day Meditation for July 29, 2016

From Forward Day By Day

Matthew 28:9-10 (NRSV) Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

I imagine Mary Magdalene and the other Mary had a very cold and lonely few days between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. I imagine it was a desolate, desperate time of intense pain for their loss and fear for what that loss would mean to them as followers of Jesus. I love that as soon as Jesus met them on the road, he addressed both their grief and fear, “Greetings!…Do not be afraid.”

I believe every time we seek Jesus, his response is to meet us on our way to him. His answer to our fear is always, “Do not be afraid.”

Greetings and fear not. Why? Because no matter where we are, where we have just been, or where we are headed, Jesus is coming to find us and to share good news with us.

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