Jesus tells His disciples to keep awake for they don't know when the Lord is coming. That can be tough to swallow, because it feels like this waiting is getting on and on and I'm not very patient. Thankfully, none of this is up to us, other than watchfulness. 

Apologies to those of you who are familiar with Neil Sedaka's song, "Breaking Up is Hard to Do." You didn't ask for that earworm, yet here it is.