In my readings recently, I came across the line “Resurrection only comes after something has died.”

What an uncomfortable truth!!!

Because we love the idea of resurrection.
We love new beginnings.
We love when things come together.

But we don’t always talk about what has to come before that.

The ending.
The loss.
The letting go.

As we journey through this season – from Good Friday to Easter Sunday – we are reminded that there is a space in between.

A quiet space.

A sacred pause.

A moment where something has already died…
but the promise of what is to come has not yet been revealed.

And if we are honest, many of us find ourselves in that space in our own lives.

Sometimes, what has to die is not a person or a thing…

Sometimes it is:

• the life we thought we would have
• the timeline we created in our minds
• the expectations we held onto so tightly
• the version of the story we believed was “supposed” to happen

And letting that go is not easy.

Because it means surrender.

It means trusting God even when we don’t fully understand the process.

But what if this is where transformation begins?

What if the very thing we are grieving… is what is creating space for something new?

Scripture Reminds Us

In John 12:24 NIV:

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”

There is life on the other side of letting go.

There is purpose on the other side of surrender.

There is resurrection… but it requires release.

And maybe that is what this season is inviting us to do.

Not to rush to the “happy ending.”
Not to skip over the discomfort.

But to sit in the in-between.

To trust that even in the silence… God is still working.

To believe that what is ending is not the end of our story.

Reflection

What in your life are you being called to release?

What expectations, plans, or versions of your story might be coming to an end?

And can you trust that this ending is not loss… but preparation for what is to come?

Resurrection is coming.

But first… we must be willing to let go.

Until next Saturday!

Love, Talisha