This is not the start of a new series, but a multi-part tangent. As Easter approaches and lent comes to an end, we find ourselves in a place - a moment in time - that begs discussion. That place and time is Saturday, after Good Friday and before Easter Sunday. The Saturday without God.

This day is hardly mentioned in the gospels. In fact, the only mention of Saturday is in Matthew 27:62-66, and it is an account of the Romans putting guards at the tomb. The activities of the disciples are not mentioned at all. I think there is a reason for that, and that reason is very tangible for each of us. It is very human.

I believe the reason Saturday is not discussed is because the reflection and discussion of one’s lack of faith if a hard thing. If the failure were great enough, it would be easier to avoid than to relive.

We often forget the human element in Scripture. These were people - just as human as you and I.

I can only imagine the magnitue of their faith crisis on that saturday. Their lack of faith is displayed throughout the Gospels, yet Saturday is avoided accross the board. In that moment, what would you have done? Beyond that, after Sunday, how heavy would the guilt be? If you knew - had you only listened - had you only paid attention - your faith would not have wavered. For the disciples, the sweetness or the resurrection was blurred by the bitterness of their blindness to the truth before them, and the actions spawned from it. We get a glimpse of this in Peter’s denial, but what did Peter do next? Without the resurrection, it is all for naught. On Saturday - in that moment of naught - what happened in each of the disciples lives? What did their crushed faith produce on that Sabbath day - their dark night of the soul?