WHY THE WOMAN WAS WAILING

•    Mary Magdalene’s history: a pitiable condition
•    devastating losses prompt us to cry out, vent

KNOWN

•    unaffected by appearance of angels
•    Jesus knows all people; knows His sheep intimately

NEEDED

•    sent on mission to go tell others
•    Jesus chooses all kinds of people, equips with gifts to serve

N.O.K.

•    language of family: father, brothers
•    shocking intimacy of closeness in prayer: “Abba”
•    Christians to be devoted to one another in brotherly love

MAKING NEWS, MEETING THE MASTER

•    sudden divorce unwelcome shock to successful CBS correspondent
•    God used Psalm 23, sensation of touch, contact with church to bring her to faith
•    only one way to fill the aching hole inside us