Aren't You the Gardener?

John 20:11-18 cracks me up. Maybe you've seen or heard this passage recently?

But Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"

"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

"Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."

Jesus said to her, "Mary."

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher).
Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.

There are a lot of things I love about this scripture.

My favorite thing (this moment) is Mary's reaction to Jesus. Yesterday, when I read it, I shook my head in recognition and chuckled.

If I was Mary, I would have been concerned, certainly, but also peeved. Because after all, I would have just gone to the time and expense of preparing annointing spices. And I might have actually remembered to bring them with me to the tomb.

My reaction to Jesus probably would have been, "Excuse me sir, but aren't you the gardener?" in my Minnesota-polite-but-not-actually-nice way. I'm embarrassed just thinking about it.

What is your favorite part?
I hope you had a blessed Easter! xoxox, Cheeky