Today is a day of erie silence in history. Imagine the man you thought was going to be the king of Israel who would conquer your oppressors and promised to set you free, just died last night. You saw his bloody, dead body being taken down from the cross on which he hung. You heard the words he spoke, “It is finished!” What was finished? Your hope of a future kingdom ruling and reigning with him on earth? Your friend, master and God? What exactly was finished.
Saturday was a hard hard hard day for those boys, those women, those people. So many questions, so few answers. So many words He spoke and now He is dead. They questioned everything they thought they knew about Him, because He is now dead, He declared it is finished and then was no more on earth with us. I call it Silent Saturday.
How many of us have had Silent Saturday’s in our life, when our expectations were not met; when our dreams did not come true; when our desires did not come to pass; when things took a turn in a direction we did not see coming? We all have silent Saturday’s where we question everything we thought we knew. It is a hard day to navigate. Job endured some Silent Saturday’s as he wrestled with God concerning how he went from abundance to cutting himself with clay pieces in the dust.
When we are in a silent Saturday season, it feels like it will never end. The thoughts that torment us seem so truthful in the moment. The earthquake that happens in our soul is loud and the gap it creates is real. Silent Saturday Seaons are painful, difficult and revealing on a very deep level. Don’t rush the Silent Saturday, don’t medicate the pain of it, don’t ignore the reality of it. Silent Saturdays are needed for they are where we recalibrate.
On this Silent Saturday, for the boys that walked with Jesus it was a rough day, so they went back to fishing. But little did they know the Silent Saturday was going to give way to Resurrection Sunday. If you are in a Silent Saturday season, fear not, be still, listen to what comes out of you, the Silent Saturday is detoxing what is not coming with you as you enter the season called Resurrection Sunday. I know it is a hard season, but what is finished is needed for abundant life in your next season.
Lisa Great 
Hi Lisa, I’m very interested that you describe “the boys that walked with Jesus”. I presume you mean the disciples? A few years back, we had an excellent sermon from our Pastor at that time, who described Matthew 17:27 where Jesus tells Peter to catch a fish and that he will find money in its mouth to pay the temple tax for them both. Apparently, the temple tax was only required to be paid over the age of 20, implying that all the other disciples were teenagers! That makes sense in so many ways! They were called by Jesus to, “Follow me!” which is what a Rabbi would say to a promising student, yet all these lads were doing manual jobs. It was an honour to be called, and they would have gladly answered that call and followed Jesus everywhere. The sermon explained much more widely than this, but it made a lasting impact on me. Is this your understanding regarding the disciples?
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Thank you so much for your comments on this post. Yes, when I was speaking of the boys, I was speaking of The disciples and I am in 100% agreement with your pastor that tradition has shown that they would have been under the age of 20 as you have noted.
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