Keep in mind, Mary, and the other women who came with her, to the tomb of Jesus, did find the stone rolled away but they didn't find it empty. Yes, it was empty of Jesus, but not empty of a message and the messengers of God. Now here's the thing... these ladies entertained angles unaware. Mark tells us they notices a young man. The other gospel's give us insight on the fact that this young man was actually an angel who had another angel with him. The speaks volumes of the compassion of God and the calculated call upon our lives as His saints to go tell the good news that the Lord Jesus Christ is alive.
Mary didn't recognize the voice or the presence of Jesus, in general, until He got very personal with her, and gently spoke her name. Sound familiar? The same happens with us... when our minds are so fixed on finding or locating or focusing on something we thought we've lost... we, too, miss His presence, until He speaks something personal to us. Her focus was on her expectation... she expected to find a dead Jesus and it naturally hindered how she would see reality and truth. She didn't recognize the angels or Jesus... all she wanted to know is where did they lay Him. Expectations show no partiality... and the wrong ones will get in the way of what we need to see and hear. I think we miss a lot of God's work in our lives because of one to many false expectations... until Jesus gets personal with us.
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