This is definitely a "darker" chapter than anything I have read since we switched to the Celebrate readings. Jesus is talking about the end of times, but to me, I can't help but think of the parallel between this chapter and the time shift from this past weekend. The darker days that press on until you see the fig tree twigs become tender (or in our case, forsythia) and you know the warmth is near.
This time of year drives me crazy. Missing out on the sun every weekday seems like a sin unto itself! Yet a weekend snow or a cozy night watching a movie brings other joys that the days of summer cannot hold a yankee candle to.
What Jesus seems to be telling me in this chapter is that although the end of days will be dark and depressing, there is a joy in the midst of it. That joy is the living God. If there is joy and hope in the rapture, then certainly the winter is nothing to loathe!
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