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  • Writer's pictureMandy Brooke Green

The Saturdays of our Lives


The Saturdays of our lives are sometimes our darkest hours, as we wait, like disciples of old, for the new life promised in Christ. In this episode, Mandy speaks to this darkness as we wait and hope. 


Artwork: The Grey Havens, by Matt Stewart, as seen in the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game


INTO THE WEST, Lyrics by Annie Lennox, Produced by Howard Shore

Lay downYour sweet and weary head

The night is falling

You have come to journey's end

Sleep now

And dream of the ones who came before

They are calling

From across the distant shore


Why do you weep?

What are these tears upon your face?

Soon you will seeAll of your fears will pass away

Safe in my arms

You're only sleeping

What can you see

On the horizon?

Why do the white gulls call?

Across the sea

A pale moon rises

The ships have come to carry you home

And all will turnTo silver glass

A light on the water

All Souls pass


Hope fades

Into the world of night

Through shadows falling

Out of memory and time

Don't say

We have come now to the end

White shores are callingY

ou and I will meet again

And you'll be here in my arms

Just sleeping

And all will turn

To silver glass

A light on the water

Grey ships pass

Into the West

 

READING: For Holy Saturday: Pg. 174-175

From: Have a Beautiful Terrible Day by Kate Bowler.

(SO MANY GEMS IN THIS BOOK! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!)

To purchase on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TX23pE

 

HEBREWS 12:5-12

“My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens,And scourges every son whom He receives.”

7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened usas seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.


**It is noteworthy to mention that our word "disciple" comes from discipline. Those who are disciplined, in all nuances of the word, are those whose discipleship reflects the light of Christ most radiantly.

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