~The Ten Beautiful Daughters-A Biblical Fable~

~The Ten Beautiful Daughters-A Biblical Fable~
10-4-14 By Gwendolen Rix

In a land of opportunity. In a land of promise. Ten beautiful ladies lived. They were the love of their Father’s heart. Everything he did, he did for them. He had tunnel vision regarding his daughters, for he was the perfect Father. Then one day all the lights went out in the kingdom where the ten virgins and their Father dwelled. It was now a land of total darkness. The Father instructed each of his lovely daughters to go and gather their lamps for their initial filling. He instructed them carefully. He instructed them all in love and then delivered this warning.

“My precious daughters whom I love so much, there will be a day that I will not be with you. I will have to depart from you for a while. I will be back though as you know that I am a good Father and I always keep my promises. I will be back one day and I need you to heed my warnings. Keep your lanterns filled, dear daughters. Keep them filled so you can see as you navigate in the darkness. There is an enemy who is likened to a wolf. His main goal is to rob you of your precious oil. Constantly be evaluating your levels of oil, daughters. Constantly be shining your lanterns and polish them brightly. If you do not heed these warnings one day your hearts will be very heavy as you will miss my arrival, and I will not be able to bring you to my new home in the heavenlies.”

As time passed, an undetermined amount of time, the ten beautiful daughters went about their everyday routines. Half of them were always focused on their Father, while the other half was consumed with the world. In this story the daughters who were forgetting their Father’s instructions were caught far away from their home when the world grew pitch black. They only had enough oil to get halfway home. The Father had come to retrieve his daughters and only half of them were ready. In a most desperate measure the Father sent out a rescue party to retrieve the rest of his daughters. He called them his special army of 144,000. He gave them all the tools that they could need on this most important mission of love and mercy. Although the Father was very disappointed that his daughters didn’t heed his warning, still his heart of love was moved towards them too. He loved them just as much as he loved the obedient ones. They also knew it too. So the gracious Father sent his mighty army out into the darkness and retrieved the other five daughters. They all gathered at an elaborate meal in his new home. They laughed and they celebrated the army of special soldiers. They all lived in harmony for evermore.

What is the moral to this story you might ask? Read the Words of our Father. Listen to his instructions carefully. Don’t be caught in the world as the lights are going out, and never venture too far from home.

Matthew 25 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.