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Jesus said to them, 
"Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? 
The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."
Matthew 9:15 CSB
John's disciples are having a grizzle. They're looking at Jesus's disciples and going "hey what's going on here, we're fasting all the time and yet Jesus's team aren't doing that at all. What's up with that?"
And Jesus replies with a question that places them squarely in a wedding celebration. He's asking them to think about the time and place of their fasting, and then it's purpose. 
If fasting is about bringing you closer to or right with God in some way, Jesus is quietly saying "I'm right here, in the flesh, the one you want to know is me, and the best way to know me is not to go hungry and pray, but to have lunch with me and let's talk".
Maybe today a similar grizzle might be "good Christians look like, vote like, worship like, dress like... go to church every Sunday and yet some of Jesus followers don't. What's up with that?"
And Jesus would have a question for us about purpose. 
About why some things seem important to us. 
And he might ask "in all your concern, which is coming from a good place, are you missing me?"
With Jesus its always a heart thing, let's not miss him, what his heart is for, and how we live that out in our world.
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