EASTER SATURDAY
Today's reading: Luke 23-24

"But early on Sunday morning the women came to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared." Luke 24:1 NLT

I don't know about you, but I have a whole list of things to get done this Easter Saturday.

Company is coming and there are preparations I must attend to...vacuuming that must be done, dusting that needs to be tackled and food that needs cooked/baked/sampled.

Yes, it's going to be a busy day.

But before I begin, God has brought this to mind...

Good Friday is a day of special praise services, cross-carrying events and many other scheduled church activities.

Easter Sunday is chocked-full of sunrise services, special cantatas and over-the-top attendance for Sunday morning worship service.

But Easter Saturday?

Sure there's the occasional Easter egg hunt or family gathering, but what about Easter Saturday?

Wouldn't it have been the day that Christ spent in the tomb--the day He spent victorious, but no one yet knew--the day before our Hope was birthed through His resurrection?

Easter Saturday should be a day of exuberant expectation and cannot-sit-still excitement for what's coming. It should have us chatting with the unsaved about the promise fulfilled by our Savior.

You see, the women walking to the tomb that Sunday morning didn't know what we know now. Had they known, their Easter Saturday would have been spent in a much different manner!