An unexpected hiccup means that I am leading bible study this evening. I only found out at about 10.30 this morning so it's been a bit of a mad panic to pull something together. We're looking at Elijah and his non-death.
Because he knows he's about to leave this world he goes off to visit other groups of prophets presumably to encourage and/or warn them. So I thought I'd begin the study by asking, "If you knew you were about to die what would you do?"
Should I admit that my first thought was, "Eat Maltesers like there's no tomorrow," which there wouldn't be? Of course I'd want to be with my family, tell them I love them and Jesus loves them, but I felt I needed something more meaningful, something that could take its place amongst famous last words.
I couldn't come up with anything. Can you?
The best I could do is, "Never believe you're not enough. You are."
(Do what I say not what I do.)
So, thank you, Monty, for calling in sick this morning having forgotten you were leading anyway.
6 comments:
One of my retreat leaders, A Jesuit, used to have people consider this very question. All sorts of fantastic responses, but I've always liked the: "exactly what I'd planned to do today" response. Meaning you're already in the right place anyway.
I'll be interested in learning about the responses you get, given your group.
I think eating as many Maltesers as possible is as good a response as any!
You be great, Liz!
I don't think that I would do anything too grand and glorious, but I would probably make sure to contact a few people that I might not on an ordinary day.
The evening will plan out exactly the way it's supposed to.
Tough question. I'm not sure what I would do. Probably call my kids to come over.
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