Why was the bridegroom ‘delayed’? As if it wasn’t up to him.
What might the implications of the Bridgegroom arriving, yet the bridesmaids needed to ‘come out’ to meet him be?
What does ‘not having enough for you and for us’ when referring to the oil in the lamp mean?
v13 Keep awake therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
day/hour – implications of suddenness, yet not instantaneous
theme of preparation and being awake
talents distributed according to abilities… not much we can do about the distribution, yet, everything we can do about how we use those talents.
“enter into the joy of your master” – I don’t connect much with the master/slave relationship and the idea of joy.
those who served Jesus – didn’t know that they did it. What does that say about us when we try to hit the ‘targets’ we feel we ought to be making?
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