3 days....

I am thankful this morning for coffee. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made it this far. I am wiped from yesterday but I am thankful for the down time after church and I even went to bed before 9 last night... long overdue for some extra sleep.

Saturday was such a busy day spent in the yard. Kyle and I were up early and headed over to the Peele's to help build a raised garden bed. I can see this new adventure for them is going to exciting as they venture in new "Ground". We spent the rest of the day working in the yard. It was also the day after, the crucifixion of Jesus over 2000 years ago. I want to spend just a little time on this day. ~The Day After~ Imagine how the disciples felt that day after spending 3 years with Jesus, seeing him heal people, raise people from the dead and to listening to Him almost every waking moment. 3 years of learning about things they had so little knowledge of but knowledge that grew day by day. Now that is all gone... after a hard day watching their friend and King killed on the cross. Beaten beyond recognition and publicly humiliated. They hid in the upper room, afraid, sad, and fully lost in what to do next. That Saturday must have felt like we feel after losing a loved one. It is a hard time and time during these periods of great sadness, time seems to stand still. We are like in a fog, we often think nobody knows what we are going through, we have guilt, anger and just a feeling that this is all a dream feelings. We often times, are numb and unable to cry any more.... we are spent. The Romans knew they killed an Innocent man.... and the Jewish leaders of the time were happy to have this all behind them... as was the Roman leaders... they wanted things quiet, easy and in order. Today ... that Saturday ... they got that..... all was quiet because they didn't know the ending of the story.
Holy Saturday as it is called now, was a day of rest and a day that Jesus was in the tomb. It is a day of suspense between two worlds, that of darkness, sin and death, and that of the Resurrection and the restoration of the Light of the World. This day between Good Friday and Easter Day makes present to us the end of one world and the complete newness of the era of salvation made possible by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
More to follow......