EP. 34: The Women of Easter

Join Eryn and Elisa for a special episode of God Hears Her where they focus on the women of Easter, such as Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, as well as others who experienced Jesus’ compassion. They look back in time and consider what the female disciples who walked with Jesus would have felt when He was killed on a cross.

Notes and Quotes: 

• “He turns around and calls her out in the crowd—and she would have been seen as unclean and rejected—but Jesus sees her, and He heals her.”
• “Women didn’t count in New Testament culture or Old Testament culture either. The only thing that gave women value in biblical times was if they were married and if they had children.”
• “Jesus comes against that cultural standard and sees and hears and values women for who they are: humans.”
• “The Lord sees and loves you. Your value is not found in what society or what Christianity sees in you that way.”
• The women of Easter: Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them.
• “Jesus goes from calling her woman to calling her Mary. He sees her, He knows her. He knows her name.”
• “We do it so quickly. We can have so many experiences and yet still wonder if that [God experience] was real.”
• “On the Monday after Easter, we’re pretty much back to looking for the living among the dead. If Jesus is alive, let’s not go back to our past crazy patterns and look for Him as if He’s in a tomb. Let’s act like He’s alive.”
• “What would it mean for all of us to live like Jesus is alive?”
• “How many times have I not been expectant that He would show up; instead I have been doubtful of who He is.”

Links/Books/Resources Mentioned in Show: 

• Show Notes on godhearsher.org
• God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
• Share the love by giving this episode a 5-star rating on iTunes!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast
• Order God Sees Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women on Amazon.  https://amzn.to/32lYSgh
• Free eBooklet to Download: A Rumor of Hope: The Good News of Easter. https://discoveryseries.org/courses/a-rumor-of-hope/
• Subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform. https://www.godhearsher.org/podcast
• Elisa’s Instagram: elisamorganauthor
• Eryn’s Instagram: eryneddy

Verses Mentioned in Show: 

• John 8 - The adulterous woman
• John 4 - The woman at the well
• Mark 5 - The women bleeding for 12 years
• Luke 8:1–3 - Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna
• John 20 - The empty tomb