Good evening, everyone!
I got sick this week, and it finally manifested today - headache, cough, sore throat, sore ears, the works. Yuck!
So this post is a little late, and is going to be fairly short, because I'm still tired, even after all the rest I got today.
So, today I read Matthew 24-25.
In today's reading, the disciples asked Jesus when they would see all the things that He talked about happen.
He told them a few parables.
One I want to mention, is one you've probably heard before.
The bridegroom and the virgins.
Ten virgins (meaning maidens, or young women in this case, I think) took their lamps to meet the bridegroom.
Five prepared well, and had plenty of oil to make it to the ceremony.
Five were foolish, wasting their time, and did not have enough oil. They asked to borrow, but the five who were well-prepared, could not give them any, because there would not have been enough oil for all of them.
So the foolish young women had to go find more oil for their lamps, and as such, reached the banquet hall after the doors were closed, and the bridegroom turned them away, declaring that He did not know who they were.
We should all be preparing for our Bridegroom's coming. Having said this, I feel bad, because this has not been a good week for me. I have slipped up and slipped in to temptations this week that I have fought against for a long time. I was doing better, but each battle is still a challenge.
We mess up sometimes. But we need to be prepared. If we mess up once, it's an accident. Twice? Still an accident. Three times or more in one week over the same issue? Well, speaking for myself, I should know better. And I do know better. I've fought this fight before, and I win more battles than I lose - but only with God's help.
So, let us pray for one another, that we may all be prepared when our Bridegroom comes.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Matthew 26.
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