Happy Easter Morning!

Today, I read the account of resurrection morning found in John 20. I found it interesting that John notes how even up until the moment that John and Peter arrived at the tomb, they did not understand what had happened. It even says that John "came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed", as though the truth of the resurrection simply did not resonate until he saw the empty tomb. As Mary fearfully considers what had happened to the Lord upon arriving at the tomb, an angel, and then Jesus himself, ask Mary: "Why weepest thou?" She did not understand the significance of what had happened or the literal reality of the resurrection until the moment that she realized that Jesus was alive and standing before her.

I think that when we begin to believe and understand the atonement, the point of the Lord's question to Mary, "Why weepest thou", applies to all of life's problems and concerns. I am grateful that Christ made it possible for our mortal sins, trials, and disappointments to fall away. The atonement takes a lifetime to understand and probably forever to appreciate, yet every person can take whatever testimony they have and try harder to believe. There is no reason to weep, because the hardest things to overcome have already been made possible if we use the blessing of the atonement.

Isaiah 25: 8 He will swallow up death in victory and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

HAPPY EASTER!