We take a short break from Jeremiah to contemplate NASA’s Artemis II lunar mission, which is ongoing. The astronauts are scheduled to splash down tomorrow, Friday, April 10. Tomorrow’s blog will reflect on what I pray is a successful conclusion to the mission.

Today, the Orion capsule has circled the moon after an exciting liftoff on Wednesday, April 1.

Later, we have this stunning image of the booster rockets falling off:

The next day they did a 6-minute burn to throw the capsule toward the moon.

I hope you understand, that satellites and, in this case, the Orion capsule are not flying around like an airplane. They are falling. The rockets literally throw their payloads high enough and fast enough that they fall around the earth without hitting it. Orion is falling toward the moon, and they are timing it so that the moon’s gravitational force will capture Orion and throw it back toward earth:

That’s the moon speeding across the bottom of the graphic, and it has captured Orion and slung it back toward earth.

When I thought about the process, I was reminded of Silent Saturday, the day we tend to rush through or skip over in our haste to celebrate Easter. But just as Jesus was dead, his body waiting for the resurrection, the astronauts were waiting. There was nothing they could do to speed up the process. They fell from the earth toward the moon, and they arrived when the unfailing laws of orbital mechanics dictated they would, and not one second sooner. Now they are falling back to earth, same deal. They can’t rush their return.

It’s a lesson in patience, isn’t it? And waiting on God.

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. (Habakkuk 2.3, ESV)

PS Heather Holleman’s April 6, 2026, blog echoes the same point: He’s Good, but He’s Slow. Worth the read.

PPS Tomorrow’s splashdown is scheduled for 8:07p, EDT, which is a bit later than the time my daily blogs usually come out. Fits today’s theme: wait for tomorrow’s blog…it will come!