"Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not."
Mark 16:9-11
It's interesting here that Christ's disciples didn't believe that he was alive. On one hand they had seen him die, they were grief-stricken, and they didn't have a lot of experience with resurrection, but on the other hand, Mary Magdalene saw him, and they just blew her off instead of considering that after all the miracles, hope, and happy endings that Jesus enabled, there could be another.
I think we're a lot like the disciples sometimes. Something bad happens and it breaks us, and we can't see past it, even when it means a partial or full undoing of the bad thing. For some reason we believe that good is fleeting and it is bad that stays and stays. But in our lives too, Christ is alive and well, and is still a God of miracles and hope and happy endings.
Today, let's try to see past the negative in our lives and in our minds and make room for the good that God offers us. It *is* there, if we can only believe.
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