The Empty Tomb and God's Call — John 20 Devotional
Mary came to the cemetery in darkness, expecting to mourn. Instead she found emptiness, confusion, a stranger she mistook for a gardener. But when he spoke her name—Mariam, the way he always had—everything changed.
The Empty Space That Changes Everything
Picture yourself arriving at a cemetery just after dawn, heart heavy with grief, only to find the grave you came to visit completely disturbed, headstone moved, flowers scattered, no explanation. That gut-wrenching disorientation between what you expected to find and what's actually there mirrors Mary Magdalene's experience on resurrection morning.
Mary came expecting to mourn at a sealed tomb but found emptiness instead. Her confusion and desperate search for answers echo our own moments when loss leaves us grasping for understanding, wondering if we've missed something everyone else seems to know.
Take a moment to read John 20:1-18. Read it on Bible Gateway if you'd like.