Today's Daily Lesson comes from Matthew chapter 25 verses 1 through 13:
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’12 But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
#ThrowbackThursday Post:
My grandfather used to say, "You can go just as far on a full tank of gas as you can on a half."
His point: Don't drive around half empty.
Today's Gospel reading is from Matthew 25 where five foolish virgins wait up for the bridegroom but run out of oil for their lamps and so miss him when he comes.
We're all burning our lamps at both ends in order to do all we need to do before the 25th. That means we're using all our fuel going from place to place. We're bound to run out.
Jesus' parable today is a reminder to not be so low on gas over these next few days that we end up missing the whole reason for the season because we're just flat too exhausted to welcome and enjoy it when it comes. If we're in danger of running out of gas we need to stop now and refuel.
We'll go just as far on a full tank as we will on a half . . . or a quarter, or an eighth.
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