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| "Rabbouni" by Melanie Rigney |
“Rabbouni” by Melanie
Rigney
Peter said to them, “Repent
and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the
forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For
the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever
the Lord our God will call.” (Acts 2:38-39)
The earth is full of the
goodness of the Lord. (Psalm 33:5b)
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you
looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you
carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” Jesus said
to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means
Teacher. (John 20:15-16)
Piety
Rabbouni! Rabbouni!
Study
Perhaps it’s as much about what she didn’t say as it is about
what she did say.
Mary doesn’t recognize Jesus, not at first. Then He calls her
by name, and she knows.
“Rabbouni,” she says—and maybe hugs him, because He asks her
to stop holding him. Or perhaps it’s a metaphysical request.
She doesn’t ask what’s happened, how it happened, or what’s
going to happen.
“Rabbouni.”
I’d like to think that’s what each of us will say when we
meet Him in eternal life, not launch into a list of things we want to be explained,
like why we had to struggle with a chronic illness or why someone we loved was
taken from us too soon or any of a number of other puzzlements. As important as
those things are to us on earth, I doubt they’ll matter after we’re joined with
Him.
“Rabbouni.”
He came. He taught. He died for our sins. He went to the
Father and continues to keep loving watch over us. But now it’s our turn. He is
the Teacher of all teachers. And as the Teacher of all teachers, He loves
seeing us drink in His lessons—and sharing them.
Action
Be a teacher in His name.
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