The Longest Night

(20:1) *Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene¤ went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.¤ (20:2) *So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,¤ and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"¤

(20:3) So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.¤ (20:4) Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. (20:5) He bent over and looked in¤ at the strips of linen¤ lying there but did not go in. (20:6) Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, (20:7) *as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head.¤ The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. (20:8) *Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,¤ also went inside. He saw and believed. (20:9) *(They still did not understand from Scripture¤ that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)¤

What keeps you awake at night?

Misinterpreting what God is doing.

"they have taken him . . ."

Sometimes it hurts. One of the most painful processes is the diminishing of self. Something that we can never fully appreciate.
Sometimes we have to lay good things to rest. It's easy to get time warped.
He is never inactive in the lives of lost people - when they thought he was sealed in a tomb, he was storming the gates of hell.

Missing what he has tried to communicate to us.

trouble
worry
peace
temptation
forgiveness
grace

God prepares us for our struggle through His Word.

"they still did not understand . . ."