Waiting (David Gore • Acts 1:6-14)

Often, the waiting is the hardest part of any given process. It can make us feel helpless, perhaps even impotent… at the mercy of the passing of time. The disciples had just begun to come to terms with the possibility that Jesus may have risen, when he is gone again. His parting words do not confirm their hopes and expectations. On the contrary, Jesus is disturbingly unreassuring regarding what the disciples thought might happen next. It will be a week before the Holy Spirit comes in power. A week of waiting and wondering. A week of uncertainty and yet hope. A week in which I suspect those first disciples prayed like they had never prayed before.