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Stuck in the middle

I love Saturday mornings, but have you ever thought about what it was like on the Saturday after Jesus died? Jesus died on a Friday and rose on Sunday … and that Saturday in between is the only day in 2000+ years when not a single person on earth believed Jesus was alive. That Saturday must have been a dark and lonely one for the disciples. It was the day AFTER their rabbi died, and the day BEFORE his resurrection.

Saturday is the middle part of a three-day story that occurs and reoccurs throughout scripture. From Abraham and Isaac, to Joseph’s brothers, to Rahab, to Esther, to Jesus ... something devastating happens on day one and it’s not until day three that God provides a way out. As author John Ortberg describes it “… Saturday was the day your dream died. You wake up and you’re still alive. You have to go on, but you don’t know how. Worse, you don’t know why.”

We’ve all experienced a “Saturday”. Perhaps you’re in the middle of a Saturday right now. You lost a job. Your marriage is in turmoil. Your test results were bad. Your dream fell through. The relationship is over. You’re getting kicked out. If you’re in the middle of a Saturday, then today is the day to have hope, to keep the faith and to believe that Sunday is coming.