Get Preparing - this is not a one sided event!

Today is Holy Saturday.
A day when we hover between despair and hope,
                 between darkness and light,
                               between fear and confidence
                                    between death and life.

It is a day we miss out - quite often in Holy Week.

We mark the other days, but Saturday is like a non-day.

Yet it is day of watching and waiting.
          It is a day of praying and pleading.
                It is a day of trusting.

Today the heavens are silent.
               But God’s word speaks.
His word reminds us that this is not a day to fear, but a day to embrace.
It is a valuable day in the grand scheme of things.
It is a not a day to be wasted or set aside in anticipation of something else.
It is a day of preparation. It is a day of rest.  It is a day of readiness, for soon the heavens will be silent no more. We must prepare ourselves to meet our risen Lord.

Jesus did not die for himself.  He died for you and for me.
Let us prepare and be ready.

Reflect on these words from Hosea 6:1-3(NIV)
“Come, let us return to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us,
he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
After two days he will revive us,
on the third day he will restore us,
that we may live in his presence.
Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”

May God bless you in your waiting, and heal you in his love. Amen.