He knows me by name

I have called you by your name, you are mine.  (Isaiah 43:1)

I wish you all the joys of Easter in the midst of this terrible evil.
I used John 20:1-18 today to meditate on my favorite appearance of the Risen Christ, his appearance to Mary Magdalene.  She is by herself, weeping, outside the empty tomb.  Jesus asks her, "Who are you looking for?"  Thinking he is the gardener, she begs, "Tell me where he is."  Jesus simply says her name, "Mary!" That's all she needs, to know who it is.
It's the intimacy of hearing the Risen Christ speak my name that touches my heart and enables me to surrender myself to him in faith.
(The picture is from a calendar that my nephew made!)