One Word

John 20:11-18

11 but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13 They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"

"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are 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."

16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).

Bee's Thoughts:

I used to wonder why when Jesus addressed Mary as "Woman" she could not recognise Jesus. Perhaps addressing Mary as "Woman" is unfamiliar to her, and it made her thought Jesus was a 'stranger'. But when Jesus addressed her as "Mary", she instantly recognised the voice of Jesus.

I could understand Mary's feeling better now as I too have experienced how when a person I loved could be like a stranger to me by changing the way he addressed me. I could not recognise the one I loved anymore... he's like a stranger to me though we do communicate, just like in Mary's case.

One word could make a difference.
One word could bring back familarity.
One word could make one recognises the speaker.

Dear Lord,
You gave and You took away... I don't undertand why, yet I know You have Your purpose. Just like Mary, I will not find what I have lost till You choose to reveal it to me. Let me hear You speaking. Amen.