What Is Inportant?

^{Luke 17: 26-37} 

^{Saving and Losing}

²⁶ “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. ²⁷ People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

²⁸ “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. ²⁹ But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰ “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. ³¹ On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. ³² Remember Lot’s wife! ³³ Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. ³⁴ I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. ³⁵ Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” ^[36] 

³⁷ “Where, Lord?” they asked.

He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”

As we approach the end of the Liturgical Year we are asked to evaluate the value of the things we consider important in the light of what our purpose in this life really is. Is it only about eating and drinking or is there something more?  Jesus clearly indicates that there is. A telling verse that has changed behaviors over the centuries is verse 33: "Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it." Elsewhere  Jesus puts it< "What does id profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul:?" (Mt 16:26)  Sobering thoughts as we prepare to being a new Liturgical year in a few weeks. Today in the weeks ahead, may we look at our priorities, the use of our time and talents, and judge if we;are giving the proper effort and energy to what is really  important.

Bro. Rene