Sunday's On the Way!
It's been quite as Saturday, but Sunday's on the way!
All day long I thought it was Friday, I thought I had a whole new day to get things ready for Easter. Tonight Richard tells me this is Saturday and tomorrow morning it's Easter. It's probably just as well I've thought it was Friday because I didn't feel pressured and I've worked on my planner list.
Actually, I got quite a bit done today. In fact, with the deadline just around the corner, we finished our income tax returns, both federal and state. I was quite upset at how much we owed. For many years I prepared taxes professionally as part of TechniWrite Services. I kept up with the laws and knew how to save tax dollars legally. All that is past now and I am at the mercy of an unfair tax code just like everyone else.
I didn't get much else done on my list today except fixing a nice ham dinner and I just now baked a cake even though it's 1:30 in the morning. I like to cook at night. I like to clean and night. In fact, night time is my best time. And this night in particular my thinking turns to that long ago Saturday night after Jesus died on the cross on that fateful Friday we now commemorate as Good Friday.
I wonder where Jesus was on that Saturday night. Some people say He was in hell, but I don't think so. On the cross, He told the thief, "Today, you will be with Me in paradise." That tells me that Jesus went from death to paradise on the same day. He had already suffered separation from the Father, for He cried out, "My God. My God, why have You forsaken Me?"... and perhaps He passed through outer darkness or hell on the way to Glory... I don't know. I'll ask him when I see Him.
His promise to this thief also tells me that on the day I die, I will be with Him in paradise. Because He was resurrected I can count on my own resurrection just as He promised. What to a glorious future!
Looking back at my Saturday, I had a wonderful surprise. My beautiful and talented daughter Athena called and we had a nice talk. She has been reading my old blogs and the journal I posted on my Live Journal pages . She said good things about what she read. Just as I saw her in a new and wonderful light since I've read her journals, she is getting acquainted with me in a whole new way.
I am not the same person I was when she was growing up. I had a large family to raise and for some of the time had to carry that weight alone, except for the Lord. Sadly, I didn't rely on Him and trust Him as much as I should have, so I felt I had to do it all, and do it right! Also, I made the mistake of not letting my kids know how vulnerable and afraid I sometimes felt. I didn't let them see that part of me for many reasons... AWAT
Ah, but God is the great Redeemer and has not let those times go wasted. If you've had some tough times too, you can be sure He will redeem them for you if you trust Him. Just remember it might have been dark on Friday, and uncertain on Saturday, but Sunday's on the way!
All day long I thought it was Friday, I thought I had a whole new day to get things ready for Easter. Tonight Richard tells me this is Saturday and tomorrow morning it's Easter. It's probably just as well I've thought it was Friday because I didn't feel pressured and I've worked on my planner list.
Actually, I got quite a bit done today. In fact, with the deadline just around the corner, we finished our income tax returns, both federal and state. I was quite upset at how much we owed. For many years I prepared taxes professionally as part of TechniWrite Services. I kept up with the laws and knew how to save tax dollars legally. All that is past now and I am at the mercy of an unfair tax code just like everyone else.
I didn't get much else done on my list today except fixing a nice ham dinner and I just now baked a cake even though it's 1:30 in the morning. I like to cook at night. I like to clean and night. In fact, night time is my best time. And this night in particular my thinking turns to that long ago Saturday night after Jesus died on the cross on that fateful Friday we now commemorate as Good Friday.
I wonder where Jesus was on that Saturday night. Some people say He was in hell, but I don't think so. On the cross, He told the thief, "Today, you will be with Me in paradise." That tells me that Jesus went from death to paradise on the same day. He had already suffered separation from the Father, for He cried out, "My God. My God, why have You forsaken Me?"... and perhaps He passed through outer darkness or hell on the way to Glory... I don't know. I'll ask him when I see Him.
His promise to this thief also tells me that on the day I die, I will be with Him in paradise. Because He was resurrected I can count on my own resurrection just as He promised. What to a glorious future!
Looking back at my Saturday, I had a wonderful surprise. My beautiful and talented daughter Athena called and we had a nice talk. She has been reading my old blogs and the journal I posted on my Live Journal pages . She said good things about what she read. Just as I saw her in a new and wonderful light since I've read her journals, she is getting acquainted with me in a whole new way.
I am not the same person I was when she was growing up. I had a large family to raise and for some of the time had to carry that weight alone, except for the Lord. Sadly, I didn't rely on Him and trust Him as much as I should have, so I felt I had to do it all, and do it right! Also, I made the mistake of not letting my kids know how vulnerable and afraid I sometimes felt. I didn't let them see that part of me for many reasons... AWAT
Ah, but God is the great Redeemer and has not let those times go wasted. If you've had some tough times too, you can be sure He will redeem them for you if you trust Him. Just remember it might have been dark on Friday, and uncertain on Saturday, but Sunday's on the way!
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