I think what strikes me about this parable is that the invited guests don't come. I think weddings were, and are, a big deal. A co-worker of mine just got back from a wedding in Mexico. Ninety people went. That's a big commitment for a wedding. But that's what happens at weddings. The invited guests, seeing as how they were the ones invited, should have been excited to go. Especially if they actually liked the person inviting them. But, in the end, they must not have cared too much. They didn't find the wedding that important, because they didn't find the person inviting them that important.
God has invited us to a relationship. Sometimes it's a rocky one, I suppose, but a relationship nonetheless. If we don't value Him, or that relationship, I can see why we wouldn't end up at the banquet. I want to be there. I hope they have shrimp!
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