Day 1

Silence all, nobody breathe

How in the world could You just leave?

You promised You would

Silence that evil with good...

 

- Elle G, Newsboys, 1994

Day 1 without Jesus.

 

Remember the day after that good friend or close relative died?

 

Remember how you had to navigate the world without getting to bounce ideas off of them, tell them stories, vent to them without judgment? Remember how you kept counting them in place settings? Remember finding little gifts or cards that you couldn't buy for them? Remember having to correct yourself when you talked about them in present tense? Remember how every single atom of your being protested having to make those changes?

Remember the day after the end of the world?

 

That's what today was for the first followers of Jesus.