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Easter Hearts, Week 1, Day 2

by David Joynt on April 09, 2018

Easter Hearts, Week 1, Day 2

 

JOHN 20:1-10

 

Mary’s grief is evident just in the fact she is present at Jesus’ grave. With a group of soldiers guarding it, and an immovable stone sealing it, how did she imagine she’d get access? The male disciples are in hiding from the authorities, locking the doors against intrusion. Where is her fear?

 

Great grief, borne of great love, is often irrational and capable of blocking out other emotions entirely. Mary is not willing to let her Lord go. Notice that the empty tomb is a complete and inexplicable surprise.

 

Who have you lost in your life?

 

How did you cope?

 

Pray for someone who is grieving.

 

FAMILY TIME—

Are you led by your head or your heart? Discuss.

 

Tags: emotions, great love, grief

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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