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Wait"); document.writeln("for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage. Wait for the Lord!1

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The"); document.writeln("Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is known by some Bible"); document.writeln("commentators as Silent Saturday. Jesus had tried to prepare His disciples for"); document.writeln("the events this weekend would bring. They would witness His cruel death on the"); document.writeln("cross on Friday and on Sunday, He would rise again! But what about Saturday?"); document.writeln("Saturday would be a day of silence, waiting, and hoping! Although they believed the words of Jesus, the disciples still remained somewhat doubtful that Jesus would"); document.writeln("indeed rise again and so all they had now was to wait and see. The disciples"); document.writeln("could have drawn strength from David in Psalm 27:13 -14 when he said, I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the"); document.writeln("living! Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage. Wait for"); document.writeln("the Lord!

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In"); document.writeln("1977, little orphan Annie lived hopeful that her parents would return for her"); document.writeln("one day. She did not allow sadness to claim her while she waited either! She had"); document.writeln("hope for tomorrow as she sang:

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The sun will come out tomorrow! Bet"); document.writeln("your bottom dollar that tomorrow there will be sun!

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Just thinking about tomorrow, clears"); document.writeln("away the cobwebs and the sorrow until there is none!

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When I am stuck with a day that is grey"); document.writeln("and lonely, I just stick out my chin and grin and say:

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Oh! The sun will come out tomorrow\'€¦.2

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The"); document.writeln("disciples, and even us today, could use a bit of the hope Annie had, for as sure as"); document.writeln("the sun rose on Sunday, so did the Son\'€”Jesus! Silent Saturday was a day meant"); document.writeln("to teach us stillness and to wait on the Lord. If there are problems"); document.writeln("weighing down on you today, if the night seems long and morning never seems to"); document.writeln("dawn, take heart\'€”the sun will come out tomorrow and the Son will be there"); document.writeln("waiting to receive you with open arms!

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Suggested"); document.writeln("prayer: Lord, thank you for moments of pause and waiting when I can reflect on"); document.writeln("all the times you have been my strength. Instill in me the desire to seek you"); document.writeln("more earnestly. Thank you for being the One to chase away my sorrows. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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1.    Psalm 27:14 (ESV).

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2.    \'€śTomorrow\'€ť is from the 1977"); document.writeln("Broadway musical Annie

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Today\'€™s"); document.writeln("Encounter was written by: Veronica B.

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This and other devotionals by Richard (Dick) Innes can be read online.

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