Transforming (phase 4) - The risen Jesus appears to Mary and to the other women (step 28) - session 2c

Matt 28:1-10 (cont.)

So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.- (8)

Can great joy and fear coexist? I think it can. As a new first-time parent I probably felt both at the same time. Athletes who get their first major league call-up likely experience some amount of the two together.

What are the women afraid of? That it might not be true? That they won't be believed? That it might indeed be true?

Don't we have the same fears?

Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me." - (10)

Doesn't Jesus say the same to each of us. Don't be afraid. Go share the news!