Easter Saturday

Easter Saturday

Thanks to a friend who emailed me today with these thoughts.

What were disciples doing on Easter Saturday, and why do we so concentrate on Good Friday and Easter Sunday? Our current state of waiting for results is so like the disciples state on that Saturday. Their world had been abruptly turned upside down by Jesus who they saw as their leader being crucified, and they were in fear of their own lives. Jan's has been put on hold by cancer, and indeed fear is part of that. The disciples' faith was tested as they waited to see if Jesus' promised resurrection would come true. Jan's faith is similarly stretched.

We empathise with their situation, and look forward in faith to the same power of Jesus that was demonstrated by his resurrection, be that by healing, or taking us with him through the "valley of the shadow of death" mentioned in Psalm 23.