The Day After

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday which signals the starting of Lent soon after. I have been drawn to the emotional Easter story since a kid, but in the last decade I have been more enamored with the time from the cross to the resurrection – The Darkest Days as I call them.

I have written many things over the years, but this song in my book, Unsung, is one of my favorites. It’s a song told from the perspective of one of Jesus’ followers the night of Jesus’ death.

Did this really happen?
I’ve pinched myself till I bruised
I see the hill
Where He was killed
But it still doesn’t seem to be true

We were just laughing
What seems like the other night
As I look back
I should have
Seen the dotted lines that ended His life

Now here we are
To scared to breathe
Huddled in the dark
Holding onto memories

I watched Him raise the dead
So why hasn’t He yet?

What now do I do?
For three years I followed Him
It’s only been
A day shut in
Where do I start again?

Now here we are
To scared to breathe
Huddled in the dark
Holding onto memories

I watched Him perform many signs
Or was I just blind?

I guess I should have listened
To the doubters I tried to convince
Because they are not hiding
Or hoping for some providence

But something is telling me to hold on

Even though the song is full of his questions and doubts, I love the last line – But something is telling me to hold on

We all go through doubts and failures, when we think life is useless and we need to just give up and move on. But what if something is telling you to hold on?

In a world where it’s easy to end anything in a blink of an eye – what if God is saying, “Just hold on a little bit longer and you will see it was worth the wait.”

What if God is saying, “I know it’s hard, but I have something so good for you. Just hold on a little longer.”

What if God is saying, “You wouldn’t appreciate the sunny days if you never had the rainy ones. Just hold on a little longer.”

What if God is saying, “Without a little sacrifice you will never understand the fullness of my love. Just hold on a little longer.”

What if God is saying, “If you never feel the earth shake you will never understand how good my peace is. Just hold on a little longer.”

You may be screaming at God to come now, not a little bit later. But He’s already come. Even if you can’t sense Him, He’s already there, singing over you.

So, if you feel like giving up on hope, just imagine what they were dealing with when they saw the hope of the world breathe His last.

But we have something truly hopeful because we know He breathed again.

So, if something is telling you to hold on…then hold on a little longer.

He’s never failed yet and He won’t start now.

Peace

If you enjoyed this poem, you can download my book of songs for reflection and meditation, Unsung, for FREE!

And if you are interested in a fictional story of the what happened between the cross and the grave, you can preorder my book, The Untold Story of the Darkest Days which will be out in March.

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