STAY ALERT

Seems it is all sailing by
Like a balloon up in the sky
I feel like I could fall and fail
Like the balloon set sail
Like the five virgins lamps
I am without oil perhaps

I have waited for the Bridegroom
I’m invited to the wedding room
By faith I finally strike a light
My lamp is lit and shining bright
The door is shut outside is black
Stay alert the Master is coming back
(Gospel of Matthew 25)

‘Poems for 2020’ Ben Fike

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.  Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.  As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.” Jesus