The Empty Tomb

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Oct 7, 2021 · 4m

Tears fall freely down my face as I stoop to gaze into this hole of death. I came early in the morning because this tomb holds the body of my Lord or did. I let my knees hit the ground at the entrance of the hollowed-out rock, let sobs shake my body. Suddenly, a burning light strikes my swollen eyes. My heart races, and I see two angels standing in front of me. Dear woman, why are you weeping? one asks. They have taken away my Lord, I answer. “My only Lord ,” I thought, “the one who healed me from demons and cleansed my sin-sick soul.” Footsteps sound behind me, and I turn. Bleary-eyed and…