For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the Spirit. 1 Peter 4:6
“We focus on Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, but we forget to pause in the stillness of the day between. Find time today to be present in that place of waiting. There is treasure to be found in the sacred peace that comes as you breathe in that place of quiet surrender. Don’t rush through the space called “between.”
Katherine J. Walden
On 8 April 2022, just one week ago, Dan Busby (my dear friend, mentor, fellow Major League Baseball lover, and basically like a father to me) wrote a CaringBridge post on waiting. It touched me deeply. It was called “There Is a Purpose for Being in God’s Waiting Room.” Check it out here. This paragraph stuck with me.
“I have never been good at waiting. I missed that course in college. Still, the word “wait” keeps showing up in my Bible. It reminds me that while I am waiting, God is working. Jesus said, “My Father is always at His work” (John 5:17). The sign on God’s waiting room reads “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).
So, as I sit “between” Good Friday and Easter just waiting and reading God’s Word, I find the “treasure” Walden was talking about. Jesus was working that Saturday. He was proclaiming good news to the dead and setting those captives free. So, when I am waiting, I can find peace in that place of surrender because He is working.
Thanks Jesus for your work for me and all of humanity.