Narrator
It’s hard enough to watch a loved-one be murdered and then pass away from life to death, but when that loved-one is someone who has turned your life around, it is gut-wrenching.
Mary Magdalene was one of the many people whose life was in pieces before she had an encounter with Jesus. Jesus healed her emotionally, saved her from sin and delivered her from the oppression of demonic forces which were controlling her life.
She was utterly heartbroken at the thought of losing Jesus. She couldn’t bear never seeing him again and she could not get the images of his cruel torture out of her mind.
The only thing to do was to go to the place where his broken body had been laid to rest.
She cried. Oh, how she cried and she cried and she cried.
Her sadness was unbearable.
You’re Alive!
I was trapped with a mind
That was tormented day and night.
When I looked in the mirror,
It gave me quite a fright.
My eyes were so lifeless,
Like those lying in the grave.
My mouth spoke obscenities.
I just could not behave.
It seemed something was forcing me
To say and do bad things.
I felt out of control.
My behaviour made me cringe.
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Then a man came into my life,
And I was instantly set free!
He addressed my demons,
And told them all to flee.
He became my best friend,
My father and my guide.
Whenever I was with him,
I felt so warm inside.
We sat up all night talking;
He was the brother I adored.
He was my perfect Saviour,
I was glad to call him Lord.
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So, where have you put him?
He meant so much to me.
Tell me where you’ve laid him,
So I can go and see.
It was bad enough watching,
His flesh get ripped apart,
If I could just anoint his body,
That would begin to heal my heart.
Sir, please do not waste time,
My grief has made me weary,
Just tell me where…what did you say?
Sir you just called me Mary!
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Oh, Jesus it is you!
I had just presumed,
You were the local gardener,
Here to clean around the tomb.
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Jesus it is you!
Not here to prune a flower,
But risen to tell the world,
You’re alive and full of power.
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Jesus it is you!
Not here to trim the weeds,
Or cut away the grass,
Or plant some tiny seeds.
But to plant within the heart of man,
Hope and joy and praise.
For you truly broke the curse of sin,
By rising in three days!
