"Holy Saturday. The best reminder that the silence of God doesn't equal the absence of God." -Tullian Tchividjian
Some work is a showy production. Other work is tedious, time consuming, and best accomplished in silence.
On the day between the crucifixion and the resurrection, some were in hiding. A group of women waited for the Sabbath restrictions to lift so they could care for Jesus's body. There were tears from many and a deep sense of sorrow that words could not really capture. What did they hear for heaven? Silence.
Jesus had told them more than once that he would die and rise on the third day. After such a brutal death - did they believe it impossible? They had witnessed Jesus raise people from death. Lazarus was a recent and impressive resurrection, as he had been in the grave four days and he did not even stink when he came out of the tomb. Yet, it seems they had no hope.
Waiting places are rarely our favorites. Yet, in the waiting places the seeds of faith or doubt most often take root and grow. What shall we plant today?
"Do not dig up in doubt what you planted in faith." -Elizabeth Elliott
Big things are brewing in the silence.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." -Hebrews 11:1
Sunday's on the way!
Today, I am grateful for the work done in silence.
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