When the Waiting is Over
“He came back.
After that brutal Friday, and that long, quiet Saturday, he came back.
And that one intake of breath in the tomb changes everything. It changes the very reason I drew breath today and the way I move about in this world because I believe he’s coming back again. The world has gone on for more than two millennia since Jesus’ feet tread the earth he made. What would they have said back then if someone had told them that some two thousand years later we’d still be waiting? They would’ve thought back to that long Saturday and said, ‘Two thousand years will seem like a breath to you when you finally lay your crown at his feet. We don’t even remember what we were doing on that Saturday, but let me tell you about Sunday morning. Now that was something.’
These many years of waiting will only be a sentence in the story. This long day will come to an end, and I believe it will end in glory, when we will shine like suns and stride the green hills with those we love and the One who loves. We will look with our new eyes and speak with our new tongues and turn to each other and say, ‘Do you remember the waiting? The long years, the bitter pain, the gnawing doubt, the relentless ache?’ And like Mary at the tomb, we will say: ‘I remember only the light, and the voice calling my name, and the overwhelming joy that the waiting was finally over.’
The stone will be rolled away for each of us. May we wait with faithful hearts.”
—Andrew Peterson, CD liner notes for Resurrection Letters Volume II (Centricity Music: 2008)
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I'm Kaysie, 22. Jesus follower. Lover of sunshine, trees, hot tea, books, music, family, the gospel, poetry and Barnes and Nobles. Has a weird obsession with paper. Over-analyzes almost everything. Adores simplicity. Lucky for you. 
Wow, that is so good! “Two thousand years will seem like a breath to you when you finally lay your crown at His feet.” I love that line….
I know, Arianna… it gives me chills.
Oh…there are tears in our eyes. What a glorious hope we have! My heart aches with longing for heaven and with pain for those who have never heard of the hope they could receive. I want to be found faithful.
in my eyes, i meant to say
I’ve sat here for 10 minutes with my heart prodding my brain to think of something to comment.
This post is complete – even you had nothing to add, because it was so complete. You’ve posted something to meditate on. I love to read something that grabs ahold of my mind almost like quicksand so that I can’t let it go until it lets me go – and leaves remnants that I really don’t feel like washing off.
Thank you
Rosanne, amen. I too want to be found faithful…
Jillian, I know what you mean. What else could I say? …
Glad it ministered to you all as much as it did to me.
I got the chills reading this! It was simply beautiful! I can’t wait until that Sunday morning. It’s going to be amazing!
It gives me chills of JOY thinking about the Day Christ shall return!
There is something though, that we should all want to make sure we have full confidence in: We’re going with Jesus
This is actually something I’ve been pondering lately. Will I be going with Him? Was I faithful? Did I live every moment to be bring Him glory? Was I obedient? My true desire is to be able answer these things with no hesitation by saying, “Yes”.
Thank you for this post, Kaysie, these thoughts have been placed on my mind yet again. God Bless You!
Lori, I can’t wait until that Sunday either!
Naomi, wonderful thoughts. We will be with Jesus! I too want to say with you “yes” I was faithful. Only by His grace…
God bless you too!
So true. “Only by His Grace”.