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Saturday

This day is called Silent Saturday because Jesus has died. The disciples have run away, and we can assume it is because they are afraid. They are worried that after years of walking next to Jesus that he wasn’t really who he said he was. Joseph of Arimathea was not a disciple but asked Pilate for Jesus’ body so it could be wrapped and prepared for death. Then a giant stone is rolled in front of the tomb and closed off so no one could take Jesus’s body. We can imagine that the disciples were experiencing sorrow and were questioning everything.

Maybe you are in a silent Saturday of your own, waiting on God to make a move in your life. You might be sorrowful and longing for God to reveal himself as a God that is for you. There is no need to feel shame if you are in a place like this. It is natural to doubt, doubt does not mean you don’t have faith, it means you are human. The words of Jesus can comfort us when we are in our darkest nights. Jesus reminds us that he is with us always. When he seems far it is only because the enemy tries to plant doubt in our hearts. God has never left you. You are never separated from the love God has for you.

The curtain was torn in two. This verse proclaims that God has created a life for us. The temple used to be protected by a curtain that hung and only the high priests could enter and see the glory of God, but Jesus’s death changed that forever. We now can see God’s glory in everything we do. This is the good we see in Jesus’s death.

Today, remember that in everything you do God is with you and you are never alone.