This was the Messiah, the one who they thought had come to save them. They had seen, believed and followed Him. They had traveled with, laughed with, prayed with and been personally taught by Jesus for three years.What must they have felt when His lifeless body was taken down from the cross, when it was placed in a borrowed tomb.The end of all hope, shattered dreams, profound grief, disillusionment, perhaps even anger, and for those who denied and abandoned Him, guilt and shame?
If you are a follower of Christ, no doubt you have experienced living in-between. You stepped out in faith, you followed, you believed, but along the way, storms came, they grew fierce and violent, and all you held dear and knew to be true seems to have faded. Darkness appears to have overshadowed the light. If you are living in between right now, hold on, please hold on, Jesus isn't finished yet. Though you may not see a way. Hold on.
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Matthew 28:5-10
Hold on and keeping looking for Jesus, He is writing His story in your life. He may be giving you a message to share with others.Hold on! "Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song." Pope John Paul II
