The Fog

I went to Paraguay in 1993 with two other men to visit a missionary that our Church supported. When we arrived it was around 10 PM and we were all tired so we went to bed, the day had been long. As we awoke the next morning there was a fog floating across the floor. I had never experienced anything like that before and have not since then. The sun began to rise higher and higher in the sky and the fog began to lift. It was then that I saw it; a beautiful waterfall which had been hidden by the fog. As I think about that, it we reminds me of how the women must have felt as they went to the tomb of our Lord and Savior. They had been there a few hours earlier as they watched the Lord Jesus die on the cross and then taken to the tomb.

Luke 23:55
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.

Luke 23:56
And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

John 20:1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Now they had come back to the tomb and discovered the stone leading into the tomb was taken away. Confused about what was going on she saw something that brought more confusion

John 20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. The tomb was empty and the Lord was gone; they ran to tell Peter and John and those two rushed to the tomb. After these two disciples had confirmed what Mary had told them they retuned back to their home.

John 20:10
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
But Mary was not in a big hurry to return home she wanted to know what was really going on and it wasn't long before she did. John 20:11
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

John 20:12
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
What, two angels; had Peter not just been in that tomb? Why didn't he notice the two angels? Mary could see them from the outside.

John 20:6
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
No angels were there and the longer Mary stayed the more that was revealed to her.

John 20:13
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

John 20:14
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

John 20:15
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

John 20:16
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Like the beautiful waterfall I saw that morning Mary saw something far more beautiful! She was the first to see the risen Lord and had a story to tell and she went and told it! Everyone that has ever had an encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ has a story to tell. What's yours? Are you still living in the Fog? You see the longer Mary kept hanging around the more the Lord Jesus revealed Himself. The more you and I spend in His word the more He reveals Himself. Are you like Peter in a hurry to get back home and missing what the Lord wants you to see or are you like Mary just keep hanging around!