Who could've imagined that suffering the lot of a thief and dying the scandalous death on the cross was a way to life and victory. The disciples thought it was defeat. They thought it was failure. They thought it was over, so they ran away. They hid themselves.
But somehow Mary knew better. Maybe not clearly. Maybe not totally. But she knew that there was something more. So, she stayed. She stood at the foot of the cross.
And she was right. What we could not have imagined happened: there was new life on the cross, there was victory in suffering.
God's ways are different. He will always be mystery.
