ON THE BRINK!

ON THE BRINK!


This holy Saturday-
We are WAITING=
Waiting for the LORD


We have=
A DAY of waiting


YES!=later the stone will
Be ROLLED AWAY=
But this morning-
For now we WAIT


“They found the stone-
ROLLED away from the tomb........” Luke 24:2


We are contemplating Jesus=
For now he is GONE=
What was this bittersweet
MYSTERY all about?


Could we be ON THE BRINK of
Something UNIMAGINABLE?


The MEANING of our FRIENDSHIP
With Jesus is now gone=what did
It all MEAN?


WE WAIT!


“WAIT for the Lord=
Be strong and take heart
And WAIT for the Lord” Psalm 27:14


“Yet the Lord-
Longs to be gracious
To you


Therefore he will rise up
To show you compassion


For the Lord
Is a God of justice
Blessed are all


WHO WAIT FOR HIM!” Isaiah 30:18


Yes today
IS a day=for waiting


NOT much is happening
And we are NUMB
With grief
For the LOSS
Of our BELOVED Jesus


SLOWLY=we begin to think
Maybe there is STILL something
To happen


Maybe there is
Some REDEMPTIVE VALUE
In all of this


Could we be
ON THE BRINK?


On the brink=of JOY?


We wait for the removal
Of the stone=
The stone that BLOCKS
The LIGHT OF LIFE


We are not waiting
In vain
We wait with JOYFUL HOPE=
For we are
ON THE BRINK
Of something unimaginable


“Do not leave Jerusalem-
But WAIT for the gift
My FATHER PROMISED


Which you have heard me
SPEAK about” Acts 1:4


“Not only so-
But we ourselves-
Who HAVE the first fruits
Of the SPIRIT


Grown inwardly
As we WAIT eagerly
For our adoption
To sonship


The redemption of our bodies” Romans 8:23


Our waiting has
Some VALUE=for we have
Tomorrow=something is coming


We wait=we smell the
CRISP cold air=
We see the stone
We FEEL the rough edges


YES!=we are ON THE BRINK
Of pure uncensored joy


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our HOLY LIVING=LOVING ALMIGHTY FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
4-19-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.