Saturday

Yesterday, the sun was crucified but today it did not rise.  

I wonder what it’d be like to be alive during Christ’s crucifixion and revival - to watch God hang up a black backdrop of death only to paint upon it a golden and glorious resurrection.

But more interestingly, I wonder what it’d be like to be alive during the day in between - the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter as Jesus lied dead in his grave.  The Light of the  World had been extinguished by Roman rule, and for over 24 hours the world remained in complete and utter darkness.

There was no assurance that He would rise; all confidence in the power of Jesus was probably lost when Christ’s dead body was cut from the cross and buried in a tomb.  All that could be done was to wait, and to cling tightly to grains of hope slipping through the holes of desperate hands.

Quite honestly, life can sometimes feel like this depiction of “Suffering Saturday.”  We pray and search and wait and pray and search and wait as our hope for a response dwindles.  We try to hold on to God’s promises but with each passing day, they become increasingly jaded.  God cannot speak through tombstone, it seems.  But one thing sets our situation apart: we have the assurance that Christ has already risen.  He came out of death and freed the world of bondage then, and surely he will do it again now. 

So if you’re in a time of waiting, take heart:

Yesterday, the Son was crucified but tomorrow He will rise.

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  • See You SoonNathan Hsieh

Recorded this puppy over winter break.  Here’s a cover of Coldplay’s “See You Soon.”

Adam Levine May or May Not Be Following Me On Twitter

WHAT?!  Could this be?!

Perhaps, and perhaps not…want to find out?

Go to https://twitter.com/nathannhsieh.

While you’re there, retweet @UhuruChild to raise $25 for the Uhuru Child organization.  The Mission: “Uhuru Child, fueled by social action, works to build relationships with people in the developing world to liberate them from the bondage of extreme poverty by providing children access to quality education and by creating employment for adults through social businesses” (http://www.uchild.com/).

If you want to do more, check out http://www.750.uchild.com/ and read about the 7fifty campaign.

Easy as that.

Thanks for your time and enjoy the rest of your day.

Here, have another.

“11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,[a] he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. 12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Placeonce for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,[c] so that we may serve the living God!”


“Hebrews 9:11–14 assures us that Christ has achieved a perfect redemption for us through His blood that purifies even our very consciences. Charles Wesley’s hymn, “Arise, My Soul, Arise,” is an encouragement to apply those verses to our souls. I set the song in a minor key, aware that the battle to remember the scriptural truths contained in these verses is a battle! But how sweet it is to contend with our souls knowing that the object of our trust is Jesus Christ. He is our unique and perfectly qualified Great High Priest, and our assurance that we do not fight alone. ” — Eric