{"id":5944,"date":"2022-06-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5944"},"modified":"2022-05-04T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T17:51:45","slug":"gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"GARDENER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading: <\/strong>2 Samuel 18:1-19:10 ESV<\/a>, John 20:1-31 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 119:153-176 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 16:14-15 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cJesus said to her, \u201cWoman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?\u201d Supposing him to be the gardener<\/em>, she said to him, \u201cSir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.\u201d\u201d(John 20:15 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KEPOUROS (2780): <\/strong>\u201c(a warden); a garden-keeper, i.e. gardener.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tending garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary, finding an empty tomb, doesn\u2019t recognize Jesus.\u00a0 Instead, she confuses the risen Savior with the gardener.\u00a0 When Jesus says her name, Mary recognizes the voice and turns to Him with renewed hope.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus tends the gardens of our hearts, knowing what we need and when.  Saying Mary\u2019s name restored her hope, making the garden of her soul flourish.  At that moment, Mary understood Jesus overcame death once and for all.  No longer did she need to fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen for Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid Mary\u2019s heartache, Jesus says her name.  Hearing the Savior\u2019s voice healed the crevice in her heart caused when Jesus died on the cross.  God doesn\u2019t abandon us; He calls to us.  Remembering Jesus helps us focus on God\u2019s power instead of our pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praying for people suffering from broken hearts always includes a standard request from me.  \u201cLord, let them feel your presence in the moment’s darkness.\u201d  Pain isolates us in ways we can\u2019t imagine.  God understands our hurts and chases after us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I withdraw from Ron during marital spats, not wanting to talk to Him.  But Ron never lets me go; he always comes after me, which helps me drop my defenses and trust him more.  God does the same for us.  We might withdraw in anger, but Jesus wraps His arms around us and calls our name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let Jesus tend to your heart today.  Tell God your hurts, allow Him to comfort you.  Imagine Jesus calling your name, restoring your hope, helping your heart heal from its pains.  In Christ, we can live life fully, knowing He journey\u2019s with us wherever we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 138) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: 2 Samuel 18:1-19:10 ESV, John 20:1-31 ESV, Psalm 119:153-176 ESV, Proverbs 16:14-15 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cJesus said to her, \u201cWoman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?\u201d Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, \u201cSir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him,… Continue reading GARDENER<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5944"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5949,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions\/5949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}