What should we do today?

What should we do today?

We have witnessed and prayed and reflected at the foot of the cross.

But tomorrow is not here yet.

Not yet.

And we do not have your tomb to guard

or spices to prepare for your body.

So it it just an ordinary day,

a day to go to the shops.

meet family or friends,

or go to work?

Or is it a day to wait?

Should we just sit and wait with you?

And then what would we be waiting for?

We already know how the story turns out.

We are waiting for a worldwide celebration of your rising.

And in amongst everything we will do today.

ordinary or extraordinary,

maybe that is worth waiting for.

So help me Lord

to make this day a day to wait:

in busyness or in calm

in noise or in silence.

Help me to wait patiently

for the coming worldwide shout:

"Hallelujah! Christ is risen!"