²⁸ Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹ But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17:28-30

The Solar Eclipse which happened on Friday March 20^th 2015 gave me an interesting perspective on something that I have been thinking about lately.

8.15 - During morning staff briefing at school we were given instructions on how to watch the eclipse, with our backs to the sun and using a piece of paper with a pinprick to view the image on the ground. We were told to instruct the children not to look directly to the sun as this might cause damage to the eyes.

9.20 - The whole school was buzzing with excited children churning out of classrooms and bustling down to the courtyard with pinpricked pieces of paper. From what had been a glorious sunny day, the temperature dropped to a bitter cold still moment as the minutes approached for the eclipse.

9.25 - The birds stopped singing and retreated to their nests, although I could not appreciate the promised eerie silence with 700+ school aged children milling around.

9.28 – The moment had arrived, the first solar eclipse in the United Kingdom since August 11, 1999. What a moment!

I looked in awe at the strange shape being projected through my manicured pinpricked piece of paper and glanced up to gauge the response from some of the students. This is what I observed.

• Pupils taking the opportunity to take their mobile phones out and take ‘selfies’ with their friends and the eclipse.
• Children laughing and chatting paying no attention to what the moment was for.
• Those who asked not to go outside because they did not want to witness the spectacle sitting, reading, in the library.

²⁸ Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹ But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Even though the situation was not quite the same, the irony was not lost on me. Let us continue to work hard for the Master to be ready when He comes.