We’re in the in-between…on a few levels actually.
Four weeks ago, I was in rehearsals for a play that was about to open (can’t believe it’s already been four weeks…). Then everything got shut down. And I’m now waiting with hopes of eventually staging the play, for life to get back on schedule, on track, just on. I’m here, today…in between.
Good Friday was yesterday. Resurrection Sunday is tomorrow. We’re here, today, Saturday…in between.
But Christ has risen and He will come again. That is something to shout from the rooftops! In the meantime, though, we’re here… still in between.
It’s hard being in between… being in the in-between…. waiting.
I’ve not been very good at waiting. My life story is a testament to that. The mistakes that have been made because I wouldn’t wait are… numerous. Not going to go through them tonight, but, as I said, I’ve not been very good at waiting.
Fortunately, God has been and continues to be gracious to me, despite my impatience, my failure to wait. It has been a severe Grace dispensed at times, but Grace nonetheless. For that, even the severity, I am grateful.
And for that, I will persevere, with gratefulness for that Grace, during this time of the in-between. I will fall down. I will fail. But because of Grace… I will rise again. John Piper calls it “gutsy guilt.”
"Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light." (Micah 7:8-9)
Justin Taylor shared this song today, for this waiting time. Read the lyrics, when you have a moment.
Selah.
All Things Elda 