4月15日
标 题： 你为什么哭﹖
经 节： 天使对她说：“妇人，你为什么哭？”（约翰福音二十章13节）
抹大拉的马利亚还清楚记得耶稣拯救她脱离魔鬼捆绑那天的情景。从那天起，她成为耶稣忠心的跟随者（路加福音八：2）。她亲眼看祂医治病人和教导人们神的爱。当她经历与耶稣同在的喜乐，她的生命改变了。
后来，她的世界似乎整个瓦解了！她的主被拘捕，且被粗暴地处死。在这星期开始的时候，那些调用“和散那”的群众，在周末时却喊著：“钉祂十字架！”最后，更令她受不了的是，当她前去膏坟墓中耶稣的身体时，她看到坟墓居然是空的。很明显地，有人偷了耶稣的尸体。当她沮丧地大声哭泣时，天使一针见血地问她：“你为什么哭泣？”她正站在空坟墓的前面！耶稣已经复活了，诚如祂当初所应许的！知道耶稣复活，使她对整件事有全盘的认识，马利亚喜乐地跑去分享这大好的消息。
基督徒的生活不总是轻松如意的，我们有与耶稣快乐同行的时刻，也有面对环境看来很不合理的时候，也许你的世界似乎快要崩溃。世人嘲弄你的主，可能使你愈来愈没勇气。在那些时候，你需要凝视那空坟墓。这个被抛弃的空坟墓带给你希望，因为那空坟墓就是你的生命，是由复活主而来的记号。那空坟墓应许你，没有一件事能够击败主的目标，就算是死亡也不能够胜过主。你是否仍在空坟墓旁哭泣呢？
Why Are You Weeping?
Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said
to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where
they have laid Him.” (John 20:13)
Mary Magdalene could vividly remember the day Jesus delivered her from
her demonic . She became His devoted follower that day (Luke 8:2). She watched
Him heal the sick and teach people about God’s love. Her life was transformed
as she experienced the joy of being with Jesus.
Then her world seemed to fall apart! Her Lord was arrested and brutally
murdered. The crowds that had shouted “Hosanna!” at the beginning of the week
cried “Crucify him!” by week’s end. A final blow came when she went to anoint
Jesus’ body at the tomb. She saw that His tomb was empty. Someone had
apparently stolen His body. As she sobbed in despair, angels asked the poignant
question, “Why are you weeping?” She was standing before an empty tomb! Jesus
had risen, just as He had promised! Knowing that Jesus was alive put everything
back into perspective, and Mary joyfully raced to share the good news with
others.
The Christian life is not always easy. There are joyful moments of
walking with Jesus, but there are also times when nothing makes sense and when
your world seems to be crumbling. The world will mock your Lord, and you may
grow discouraged. At those times, you need to peer into the empty tomb. It is
the abandoned tomb that gives you hope, for it symbolizes the life that is
yours from your risen Lord. The empty tomb promises that nothing, not even
death itself, can defeat the purposes of your Lord. Are you weeping beside an
empty tomb?
