Seeing Jesus: John 20:14-18

Jesus is my teacher.

John 20:14-18. NASB95
14 When she [Mary Magdalene] had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (Which means, Teacher).
17 Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’ ”
18 Mary Magdalene came, announcing to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these things to her.

Jesus is my teacher, my tutor. It is He who leads me in my daily lessons. It is He who arranges the “pop quizzes” of life: the angry co-worker, the stubborn child, the unbelieving spouse (and even Christian spouses can be, momentarily, unbelieving. I know I can be.), the reckless driver behind me.

And He asks me, “And how do you respond to this?”

Do I forgive? Do I correct in love? Do I pray for and bless the person who offended me? Do I ask Him how I should respond? Or do I fail the quiz, again?

Jesus, my Brother, is a kind and forgiving, but thorough, teacher. And He will repeat the lesson again and again until I get it right.

[This one is dedicated to Tom. Thank you]