Week 14: John 20:15

In John 20:15 Mary Magdalene has gone to take care of the body of Christ but has come to discover that it is not where it was laid. As she mourns someone she assumes to be a gardener comes and asks her why she weeps and she responds "Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away." She does not recognize that it is Christ who has come to her in her state of mourning and she brushes him off and almost accuses him of being the cause of her current problem. As I read this I wondered how often we do something similar. Sometimes when we are struggling the Spirit is trying to come to us and teach us something important and we ignore his message and proceed to blame God for the problem with which we are dealing. The Savior was patient with Mary though, and waited for her to realize who He was and then was able to show her the miracle that was His resurrection. I know Christ waits patiently for each of us and if we are looking for His hand in our lives, we will be able to more fully recognize the miracle of the Atonement.