July 15th, 2025

Meditation–“Remembering as Testimony: Pray On”

Friends,
This sacred moment in Scripture opens not with fanfare, but with quiet grief. The women—disciples in their own right—return home and prepare their spices, their offerings of love, and then… they rest. They rest because it is Sabbath. But hear this: their rest is not resignation. It is a holy pause. A sacred obedience. Because sometimes, rest is the only faithful thing we can do.
Sometimes, the heartbreak is too heavy, the loss too recent, the trauma too real—and all we can do is let the Sabbath tend to us. Let God hold us. Let stillness be our song when we have no words.
And then, the dawning. The morning light. They go back, not expecting a miracle, but simply doing what love requires.
And that’s when it happens. Not resurrection—yet—but revelation.
"He is not here. He is risen."
And what does the Scripture say next?  "Then they remembered his words."  They remembered.
They remembered everything--
The healings.
The laughter.
The weeping.
The breaking of bread.
The promise: “I will be with you always.”
It wasn’t the empty tomb that brought them back to faith.
It was the testimony. It was the dazzling, radiant messengers who declared what they could not yet believe. And their testimony sparked memory. And their memory gave rise to hope.
So I ask you now, beloved—what do you remember?
What have you seen the Lord do?
When has Jesus shown up for you in the midnight hour?
When has love broken in and lifted you out?
When we pray, especially for others—let us not just list the pain, though we must name it. Let us also testify. Let us remind one another of the promises of God.
Say it in your prayers:
“I remember how You healed.”
“I remember how You delivered.”
“I remember when You made a way out of no way.”
Because prayer is not just petition. Prayer is proclamation.
Prayer is testimony wrapped in trust. And your testimony—yes, your testimony—can be the very spark that helps someone else remember. Remember that Jesus lives. That hope lives. That love never left.
So today, as we lift our prayers—for those we love, for those who suffer, for this weary world—pray on.
And in your praying, remember.
And in your remembering, testify.
And in your testifying, watch what God will do.

Since we know the Lord lives, and we remember all that God has done--
What prayer are you lifting today that holds both memory and hope?

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