By Gary Morland, Finney Media Talent Coach
At your worst moment it would be nice to think your best friends would be with you.
At Jesus’ worst moment at the cross there were several.
But only one was a disciple friend. He was the one who saw himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved.”
It was all about that relationship. His heart, not the facts, kept John at the cross.
The facts led the other disciples away from the cross and into hiding.
Which makes sense, since at this point there was seemingly nothing they could do.
And they were probably afraid the Jews would arrest and crucify them, too.
Their thinking probably warned them about being at the cross. They listened to their heads. I would.
Several women were also at the cross.
Their heads may have told them about risk and uselessness, but their hearts told them this was where they belonged.
They went with their hearts.
Two days later, Mary’s heart had her at the tomb in the morning in the dark.
Not because she expected anything to happen, but because she was all about the connection of her heart with Jesus.
Your heart makes you do things your head would laugh at.
The disciples got another chance when Mary told them Jesus was gone and they ran to the tomb to see.
At the tomb, their heads added up the facts.
Then they went home. Even the disciple whom Jesus loved.
Why stay if Jesus is dead and gone? What reason is there to stay if there’s nothing to do? It makes sense they would leave.
But Mary and her heart connection remained at the tomb when Peter and John left.
To her, what else was there for her to do but be at the last place she saw Jesus? Her heart demanded it.
The disciples and their heads missed it.
They missed the most momentous, meaningful event to ever happen in the history of the universe – the resurrection.
The reality of a new supernatural life was first made known, not to Jesus’ chosen men and their heads, but to Mary and her heart that illogically compelled her to stay.
Today, I want to connect with people’s hearts first, personally and in my communication work. And I want them to connect with mine.
We’ll always have projects and goals and issues, but I hope I grow to value the heart connection first and most, like Jesus.
