Today's Thoughts...

​Today’s Thoughts: In our Gospel today, we are presented with difficult lesson. Jesus emphasizes over and over to his disciples and to those listening to him that they will not know the day or the hour that the Son of Man will be revealed. Jesus stresses that they will be going about their normal routines when they will need to stop what they are doing, leave what their belongings, there stuff, leave loved ones and friends to take note of his coming. 
 
Jesus implies that they will otherwise be lost as the people in Noah and Lot’s time.  “One will be taken, the other left.”   The people, it seems, were confused by Jesus’ words, and respond, “[taken] where, Lord?”  Jesus says, with a bit of frustration, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”  This passage, I think, might just be saying to us that our true future, eternal life, is not about the body, but more about the spirit.
 
If we do not take note of the coming of the Lord and ignore Jesus’ warning that we must put matters of everyday life aside to follow him, we will be subject to death. The “vultures” will gather around us. We do have a choice, to “Stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.” Today, let us choose to follow Jesus.
 
Have a great Friday everyone!