Tuesday, December 5, 2000
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
"But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the
Son, but only the Father."
He said, "Here I've traveled all this way to this store to buy this barometer and it's reading
hurricane."
The store owner said, "Oh, I'll happily refund your money."
He got his money back and started the long journey home. By the time he got home, his house
had blown away because of the hurricane that hit New England in 1938.
People are always looking for signs concerning Christ's return. We do not know when our time
will come, but we do live in anticipation that God will fulfill God's promise of giving us eternal
salvation.
(Mark 13:32
NRSV)
I remember reading about a man in New England in 1938 who went into a store and bought a new
barometer, which he took home and proudly placed in his office window. When it was hung he
consulted it anxiously to see what the weather would be like that day. Lo and behold the
barometer said "hurricane." Here he was in New England and the idea of a hurricane seemed
absurd to him. So he grabbed that barometer in a huff and rushed back down to the store to return
it. The store clerk asked, "What's the matter?"
God of peace, thank you for the prince of peace who brings salvation to all. Amen.
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