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Advent Week 1: The Way of Waiting, Day 5

How are you sleeping? Which parts of your life are the readiest for presentation to Jesus? Which parts are not ready for examination?

by David Joynt on December 01, 2016


THE GOOD SHEEP

MATTHEW 25:5-13

The saddest words in the Bible are "too late!" There is a period of grace when those who ask will receive. But this parable, and the surrounding ones, stress there will be a time of Judgement when some ask and are told "It is too late—I do not know you." All the bridesmaids go to sleep before the bridegroom's arrival. Some slept the sleep of peace, knowing they were prepared. The great surprise in the middle of the night, "Look! Here is the bridegroom," thrilled their hearts because they were prepared and ready. The other bridesmaids slept the sleep of inattention. The surprise cry sent them into a panic and rightly so.

How are you sleeping?

Which parts of your life are the readiest for presentation to Jesus?

Which parts are not ready for examination?

Tags: advent, waiting

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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