A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                          HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART XII

"I, Mary Magdalene, am at the tomb of my Lord... I have just met with two angels... And I met with another Person.... They all asked me why I was crying... But I am no longer crying.... For that one Person then said "Mary" to me.... There is only one Person who can speak my name in that way.... My Lord!!... That can only mean one thing... My Lord is alive!!....He who was dead is alive!!... I don't know exactly when or how... But I do know one thing.... He is alive!!.... Having lost Him once I must make sure that I never lose Him again."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Mary Magdalene's discovery who the "Gardener" really is...

                 ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                      HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART XII

But then the "Gardener" speaks again and everything changes for Mary Magdalene. Let's read John 20:16

Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turns towards Him and cried in Aramaic, "Rabboni," which means "Teacher." 

This Man, this "Gardener" knows her by name. The moment she hears Him say her name, she knows she is not speaking to the gardener for there is only one Person who calls her by her name in the way she hears it: her Lord and Saviour. She does not know how He, who had only so very recently been crucified and buried, can be alive. But she does know it is true!! And she is not going to let go of Him ever again.