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A Word for Saturday
From Come and See

It’s been nearly 2,000 years since Jesus said those words, and I wonder just how many people have clung to them since they were first spoken, that they might draw from them just a little bit of hope that one day their weeping and their grieving will turn to rejoicing. Surely it’s been millions. But right now, as I’m writing this entry, I find myself thinking only of Jesus’ disciples.

It was a Thursday that the disciples heard the words from Jesus that you’ve read and watched just now—the Thursday before Good Friday, that fateful day that Jesus was killed and the world cruelly rejoiced.

And then?

Saturday.

The disciples are more than likely back in that Upper Room, and the only sound is the sound of weeping—which is, of course, the sound of grieving.

I wonder: did the words from Thursday echo back to them that Saturday?

“Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.”

Did the words echo back, and even more so, did they believe them?

Because it had to have been hard to.

But when Jesus said what he said on that Thursday, he was simply speaking a truth that had always been true, regardless the day of the week. From Abraham to all of Israel after him, it had been true. God had always turned weeping and grieving into rejoicing. It usually took some time. It often meant some loss. It always had some mystery mixed in. But there was God, ever and always turning weeping and grieving to rejoicing.

I don’t know what day it is for you. But if it’s “Saturday,” The Father has a word for you through his Son about what he’s up to: “You will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve. But. Your grief will turn to joy.”

Saturday will turn to Sunday.

Cling to that with a white-knuckled tenacity like millions of others have.

Because it's true.

It’s what the Father has always done, and it’s what he’ll do. Even if takes some time. Even though it often means some loss. Even though it will surely have some mystery mixed in.

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