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b'Tears fall freely down my face as I stoop to gaze into this hole of death. I came early in the morning because this tomb holds the body of my Lord\\u2026or did. I let my knees hit the ground at the entrance of the hollowed-out rock, let sobs shake my body. Suddenly, a burning light strikes my swollen eyes. My heart races, and I see two angels standing in front of me.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Dear woman, why are you weeping?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d one asks.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153They have taken away my Lord,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I answer. \\u201cMy only Lord\\u2026,\\u201d I thought, \\u201cthe one who healed me from demons and cleansed my sin-sick soul.\\u201d\\nFootsteps sound behind me, and I turn. Bleary-eyed and dizzy, I see a man walking toward me.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Please!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I beg. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153If you have taken my Lord away, tell me where He is so I can go get Him\\u2026\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I end in sobs as I turn back toward the place where Jesus\\u2019s body had been laid. I feel darkness, death, and the hate of men smoldering like rancid fog out of the tomb. My eyes gaze transfixed upon it, unable to look away.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Mary,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d a voice says gently. I gasp as my heart skips a beat. I know that voice! I turn to the man with urgency, and a cry escapes my mouth as my eyes meet His. Light, life, and the love of God radiate from His face. \\u201cMy Lord is alive!\\u201d \\u2022 Lily Walsh\\n\\u2022 Today\\u2019s story is how one author imagines the moment Mary Magdalene first saw Jesus after He rose from the dead! As we can read in today\\u2019s Bible passage, Mary was heartbroken when she couldn\\u2019t find Jesus\\u2019s body. Why do you think Mary felt so close to Jesus? \\n\\u2022 Why did Jesus need to die\\u2014and raise from the dead\\u2014to save us? (Check out our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.) \\n\\u2022 While we wait for Jesus to return, we live in a world filled with death and hate. How might remembering that Jesus defeated death give us hope? \\n\\u2022 If you want to dig deeper, you can read more about Mary Magdalene in all four Gospels. A few passages that relate to today\\u2019s story are Luke 8:1-3, Mark 15:40-47 and 16:9.\\nMary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I have seen the Lord!\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d John 20:18a (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1Tim.4'