Mark 13:24-37

​Thoughts:       One of the Bible’s many gifts to us is poetry.  Sometimes it stands alone, as in Psalms, and sometimes it is interwoven in a lesson.  We are blessed with such a nugget in Mark 13:24-25.
                        “…the sun shall be darkened,
                        and the moon shall not give her light,
                        and the stars of heaven shall fall ….”
 
We remember the hauntingly beautiful spiritual
                        “My Lord, what a morning!
                        My Lord, what a morning!
                        My Lord, what a morning!
                        When the stars begin to fall.”
 
Jesus was talking to his disciples during his last week on earth before his crucifixion.  He loved his disciples – the impetuous Peter, the zealous Simon, the self-effacing James, even the traitorous Judas – and he yearned for them to understand that not even he, the Son, knew when the stars would fall.  Only the Father knew.  Jesus wanted his disciples to be ready.  He concluded his loving admonition with one word:  Watch.”
 
Discussion:      What stars do we see that are in danger of falling.
 
Activity:          Watch for a star whose fall you may cradle.