H,
We live in perilous times. We have always lived in perilous times. These
signs and portents we are referencing right now have been part of the cycle of
death and fear and disease that have characterized the world for centuries. There
is nothing new under the sun, that old fable tells us.
We are always quick to find reasons to declare that the Lord is coming. Yet,
no one knows the time or the hour. The signs will come and pass before that
event. And the signs are in cycles. And a lot of people read them and look for
dates to link to this great happening that every Christian waits for. They are
universally and utterly wrong. Much damage has been done, not all Christian, in
trying to divine the exact day the world ends.
Yet, the emphasis was never on the accuracy of the day but the quality
of the life. It was about how we live not how we end. That is always the point.
We have eternity in our hearts already. Why do we obsess over the external that
we have no choice or control over and neglect the internal, where choice is required
and in which we dwell in every day? It is like shouting for the sun to come out
when you could just put on a candle or flip a light switch.
We are not here the solve the mysteries of the ways of God. We cannot resolve
those depths. We are here to live in the water and experience the sun of His
eternal will. The war outside and the pestilence and plague may rage, but it
does not change the real law of the light: our hearts to do the right thing and
to love in fullness. It is always the time for that.