As I sit here on this Saturday between Good Friday and Easter, I’m reminded of the hard and sad thing that took place yesterday, Jesus’ death. On the flip side, I also know the great news that we will celebrate tomorrow, His resurrection. But what about today? Yesterday is known as Good Friday. Which in my son’s words last night, “Why in the world do they call it good? There’s nothing good about Jesus dying the way He did.” And then there’s tomorrow which is known as Resurrection Sunday! But what about the in-between of yesterday’s sadness and tomorrow’s incredible news and great joy? What about Saturday? What about today?
If I’m being honest, 2020 has left me feeling like I’m stuck in the Saturday between a terrible death that occurred yesterday and the hope of knowing Sunday is coming. In fact, had you have told me in 2019 all that we would experience in 2020 I probably would have laughed and said you were crazy. Losing our job of 14.5 years, a global pandemic, a quarantine that has every extrovert going crazy and every introvert on cloud 9, and of all things a toilet paper shortage just to name a few things for 2020. I saw a meme the other day that said, “I’m going to call my mom and see if her offer to slap me into next year still stands.” As funny as that is, I can’t even tell you how many times this year I’ve told a few very close friends how I’m so ready to be on the other side of all that has hit us in 2020. Again, stuck in what feels like a never ending Saturday between a very terrible Friday low and the best news ever come Sunday. Yet, it’s in this in-between Saturday that I’m reminded that God is more concerned about my character and the process than He is the next destination. Oh how easy it is to forget about the process. We just want the end result and we want it quick. After all, we do live in a microwave society and waiting and being patient isn’t easy for most of us. It’s also here, on this solemn Saturday, both literally and figuratively, that I have to remind myself to cling to faith and not to feelings, to cling to what I know to be true and not what I feel.
So if you’re like me right now and you find yourself living between what once was and what’s coming, know this: Friday was brutal. Friday was hard. Friday wasn’t fair. But it was necessary to get to Sunday. Without Friday’s events, we wouldn’t have a resurrection on Sunday and my friend, Sunday is coming! Good things are on the horizon and Sunday will make both Friday and Saturday worth it! God doesn’t waste anything in our lives and He certainly won’t waste the waiting, pain and hurt of Saturday. He can be trusted so join me on this solemn Saturday in trusting God. Let’s remember His words to us in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Sunday is coming! That we can be sure of!
Happy Easter friend!!
– Heather ❤️
Dustin & Heather 