For the Love of Us All

THE RESURRECTION AND MARY MAGDALENE

Picture this

Your best friend

And teacher has died
The only person

That has ever

Really and truly

Believed in you

You go to the tomb

To collect the body

There is

No body there

“Don’t be alarmed,” the man says,

“I know you are looking

For Jesus of Nazareth

Who was crucified

He is not here

He has been raised

Now go

And give this message

To his disciples”                                            Mark 16:6-7

You have

A plethora of feelings/emotions

Confusion, happiness, bewilderment

You really

Are not sure

What you are feeling/or believe

But you decide

To do

What the man says

You run

To the rest of your friends

You say,

“They have taken

The Lord out of the tomb

And we don’t know

Where they put him”

You and his other best friend

Simon Peter

Run back to the tomb

There still

Is no body there

Slowly---it is dawning on you

What your friend Jesus

Has been telling you

All along

As you

Are standing outside the tomb crying

Two angels appear,

“Woman why are you crying”

At this

Your dear friend Jesus

Appears to you

You don’t

Recognize him at first

Then you cry out,

“Teacher”

You run

As fast as you can

To tell

The rest of the disciples

That your friend Jesus,

Is indeed alive

Dear Lord

Your Resurrection

Has changed everything

For us

Dear Lord

We pray to you

That your life and spirit

Fill our bodies, souls, minds, and hearts

With NEW life, NEW spirit

And your UNENDING FAITH

Robert P. Wallman

3-27-11