Jesus relates in the book of Matthew, the story of ten young
women who went to a wedding. As they
waited for the bridegroom to let them in, they were uncertain as to the time he
would arrive. Each of them had oil-burning
lamps. Five of the women had extra oil;
they were prepared. The other five young women were considered foolish because
they brought just the oil that was in their lamps. Consequently, it was quite a while before the
bridegroom arrived and the unprepared women ran out of oil, while the wise
women had more oil to trim their lamps. As
the foolish women went to purchase more oil for their lamps, the bridegroom
arrived to let them in. When the
foolish, unprepared women returned, the door was closed and was not let
in. Their preparation was too late.
What may seem like foolish preparation today, will seem prudent
tomorrow? You have agency as to which level of preparation you wish to engage; will you choose to be wise or
choose to be foolish?
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