I've had this song in my head for the past few days - In The Living Years by Mike and The Mechanics. It's about a failed relationship between a father and his son. Strained, awkward, insufficient, but then the father dies and there is no longer an opportunity for reconciliation. The son regrets that fact.
How sad. If the son could have only reconciled the relationship with his father . . . in the living years.
We are so busy right now, thinking and doing things to avoid this virus that has changed our lives in so many ways. All that's good I guess but many of us are forgetting the most important thing we should be doing right now - restoring our lost relationship with God, The Father.
As the song says, "It's too late when we die."
I came across this parable in my reading yesterday so I think I'll just leave it here and see if you can't understand its meaning. Let those who have ears, let them hear.
“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour." - Matthew 25:1-13
This parable was told to us by Jesus. Why? It was His way of warning us to reconcile our relationship with God before He returns. When the doors of the wedding feast are closed it will be too late. Reconcile with God today. And please, do so . . . in the living years. His return is close.
In The Living Years - Mike and The Mechanics
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