Today is Holy Saturday--a quiet day! Jesus has been crucified and buried. Everyone has left Calvary: some perplexed, some angry, some depressed, some rejoicing that Jesus has been done away with, as He was perceived by the leaders as a threat to their power and to their very nation continuing to exist and by others as obnoxious, threatening their beliefs and way of living, challenging their unjust and sinful ways. These individuals sighed a sigh of relief when he was arrested and condemned to death! Many of Jesus' disciples were frightened and went into hiding lest they too be arrested, imprisoned and put to death! With Jesus dead, this was a scary time back then!
What about now? Do we attempt to bury Jesus? to hide from Jesus? do we keep our faith in Jesus private? Do we ourselves go into hiding? Are we like Peter in the Courtyard who vehemently denied knowing Jesus? Or, worse yet, are we like Judas, selling Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, for a life of licentiousness and narcissistic endeavors, wanting God dead, declaring religion foolishness?
Recently, there was a message on Facebook that read: "This little girl (around four years of age) has got to go"--the woman's boyfriend or fiancé would have nothing to do with her! Another recent Facebook message was that the groom's daughter around the same age was not to participate in his wedding. Who, in our lives, do we want banned from being a part of the most significant events of our lives?
Jesus was about inclusivity, not exclusion! Jesus came to bring fullness of life to everyone, not just a select few! Jesus said to those wanting children banned from His presence: "Let the little children come to me. Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven!"
May we learn from Jesus, our Teacher, Master and Savior! Let's not exclude Him from our lives. Let us not bury Him!
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