A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES 

                                          HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART XI   

  "I, Mary Magdalene, am at the tomb of my Lord.... I have just spoken with two angels... They were surprised I was crying...So I asked them if they knew where the Body of my Lord was... They did not seem to know.... I then turned around and saw another Person... He too asked me why I was crying.... And He was wondering if I was looking for Someone.... He is right, of course.... I am looking for the Body of my Lord... Is this Man perhaps the Gardener?.... If so then He may be able to tell me where It is.... He may even have been the One who has put It somewhere... If He can just tell me where the Body is then I will fetch It.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Mary Magdalene's encounter with another Person....

                 ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                         HE KNEW HER BY  NAME PART XI

As she is talking to the angels, she turns round and sees another Person. He must be the One who can help her find the Body of the Lord for it does not seem the angels can do much for her. This Man begins to speak to her as you can read in John 20:15-16

"Woman," He said, "why are you crying? Who are you looking for? Thinking He was the Gardener, she said, "Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have put Him and I will get Him."

Mary stops crying and filled with hope she turns to the "Gardener" for she is convinced that He will be able to help her find the dead Body of her Lord. She knows, of course, that her Lord is dead for she had personally seen Him hang on a Cross, being taken off the Cross and placed in a tomb. And this Man does not even have to help her carry the Body around. No, she will take care of the Body once she knows where it has been placed. Such is her love for the Lord.