What do we do with Saturday?

After having Holy week activities the last couple of nights with Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services, what do we do with Saturday? We know that Thursday celebrates the Last Supper, Friday is the day we reflect on and remember the crucifixion, and Sunday is the celebration of the resurrection. Again, I say what about Saturday?

Saturday was the day Jesus was in the tomb. His suffering here on earth had ended and they laid him to rest. What about his disciples? Where would the disciples have gone? What would they do? The man they had devoted their lives to following around for the last three years was dead. I can only imagine how confused and scared they all were. They had left their families behind to follow Jesus. What were they going to tell their families? Were they the ones that were going to look stupid? Were they next? What if the crowds wanted them to be crucified because they were the followers of Jesus? John 20:19 says "On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, 'Peace be with you.'" The first part of this verse alludes to the fact that the disciples had all ran and hid in a locked room because they were scared of what the Jewish leaders would do to them. They didn't really understand what was going to happen next. Jesus had tried to tell them, but really he was dead. Could he really raise himself back up from the dead? What were they supposed to do now that their leader was gone?

Confusion....Fear....Sadness....Mourning..... The disciples experienced many different emotions during that time. If they had really understood what Jesus had taught them, would they still be in fear? Are we living in a state of fear, even though Jesus has already told us he has everything under control? No fear.....Sunday is coming!