08/16/2026
Listen… Mary Magdalene is my girl. I don’t care what anybody says—she was ride or die for Jesus. And y’all, don’t skip over her story just because it makes religious folks squirm a little. Some say she was a pr******te, some say she wasn’t—but what we do know is this: sis had seven demons cast out of her (Luke 8:2). SEVEN. That’s not a bad day… that’s a spiritual ICU.
But here’s the part that wrecks me: Jesus didn’t avoid her. He delivered her.
He didn’t shame her. He saved her.
And after He set her free, she never left His side.
She wasn’t just around for the miracles and the crowd—she followed Him all the way to the foot of the cross when everybody else was bailing out and hiding. And when they laid Him in the tomb, she stayed close. And on resurrection morning? She was the first person He appeared to. Not Peter. Not John. Mary. The one with the past. The one nobody saw coming. The one He called by name in the middle of her heartbreak (John 20:16).
And I say all that to say this:
If you’ve been through hell…
If you’ve battled addiction, abuse, trauma, shame…
If you’ve ever thought you were too far gone to be used by God…
Remember Mary.
Because Jesus didn’t just clean her up—He trusted her with the message that He was alive.
Let me tell you something: that same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in YOU (Romans 8:11). He can heal what tried to destroy you. He can restore what was stolen. He’ll meet you in your lowest place and call you by name.
So don’t you dare let the enemy use your past to quiet your calling.
If He used Mary Magdalene—He can sure enough use you.
And y’all already know… if He can use me, ain’t nobody disqualified.
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