"On a Pilgrimage" - 2014 Online Lenten Retreat
This is Post #16 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditati...on a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 15:
THE RESURRECTION - JOY
But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher. ~ John 20:11, 15-16
Jesus asks: “Will you let me turn your sorrow into joy?”
It only took one word to turn Mary’s sorrow into joy. Imagine finding out one you loved, whom you thought was dead, was alive! This is the joy we experience in the resurrection.
Read the story of Amira Ali.
http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/12/mother-daughter-separated-by-war-in-south-sudan-reunited-in-denver/6311409/
Can you imagine the joy Amira experienced from finding out her daughter and sister were alive?
What situations do you want God to turn from sorrow into joy? Are you willing to give those situations over to God right now?
This is Post #16 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditati...on a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 15:
THE RESURRECTION - JOY
But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher. ~ John 20:11, 15-16
Jesus asks: “Will you let me turn your sorrow into joy?”
It only took one word to turn Mary’s sorrow into joy. Imagine finding out one you loved, whom you thought was dead, was alive! This is the joy we experience in the resurrection.
Read the story of Amira Ali.
http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/03/12/mother-daughter-separated-by-war-in-south-sudan-reunited-in-denver/6311409/
Can you imagine the joy Amira experienced from finding out her daughter and sister were alive?
What situations do you want God to turn from sorrow into joy? Are you willing to give those situations over to God right now?
The Resurrection is not included in the Stations of the Cross, but this story was too good not to share. This is a tremendously beautiful story of resurrection!
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