Suspended between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, Saturday is a good metaphor for how we live in the now and the not yet of our faith. The good news is that we live with the assurance that Jesus has prepared for us a city.

That is Megan's promise as she serves in a difficult country.

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. There God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. Hebrews 11:16

Steve and Teri Pardue take heart that God is a God of all grace, even in suffering.

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. I Peter 5:10