I really needed this...

My mom gave me a new devotional book for Easter, and the first one I read was just what I needed to hear. It talked about the women who went to the tomb and found it empty. The women would have easily believed that Jesus had risen if someone had told them, but the angel invited them inside the tomb to see for themselves that it was empty. The author said that this is also what God does with our lives sometimes. We believe by reading his word that God will take care of us, comfort us, reward our faith, but sometimes he takes us right to the situation that requires care, comfort or faith to let us see for ourselves that it is true. Eyewitnesses to an event are always more affected than those who only heard about it, and after we see first-hand that God does exactly what he said he would do, we become eyewitnesses.