expectancy
will today be the day?
is the house ready? do i have everything i need? have i done everything i need to do? i spend hours and days preparing, getting things together, packing bags and wanting everything to be perfect and in its place.
i wonder about his sweet face. who will he look like? what will his personality be like? his temperament? how will he be different or the same as his brother?
i am excited to tell others. my physical state leaves no mystery and others inquire about his arrival. i love talking about it.
there's no way to know when he will come. there are signs to watch for, but no one can know an exact arrival date. so, i just keep hoping and waiting. excited about when the day and hour do finally come. and even though there will be pain and discomfort, there is a sweet reward that awaits.
and then, i'm convicted.
there's another arrival i'm waiting for. the day and the hour are unknown. but it is coming. am i ready? yes, ready in the sense that i am a believer. i have been purchased with the precious blood of Christ and i am a new creature in Christ. but do i show the same expectancy? am i concerned to have things ready, to tell others about His coming, to share Truth with those around me, to share the same hope that i have? do i long to be in his presence, to spend eternity knowing him and worshiping him? do i love talking about him, bringing him up at every opportunity? Jesus Christ is coming again.
will today be the day?
is the house ready? do i have everything i need? have i done everything i need to do? i spend hours and days preparing, getting things together, packing bags and wanting everything to be perfect and in its place.
i wonder about his sweet face. who will he look like? what will his personality be like? his temperament? how will he be different or the same as his brother?
i am excited to tell others. my physical state leaves no mystery and others inquire about his arrival. i love talking about it.
there's no way to know when he will come. there are signs to watch for, but no one can know an exact arrival date. so, i just keep hoping and waiting. excited about when the day and hour do finally come. and even though there will be pain and discomfort, there is a sweet reward that awaits.
and then, i'm convicted.
there's another arrival i'm waiting for. the day and the hour are unknown. but it is coming. am i ready? yes, ready in the sense that i am a believer. i have been purchased with the precious blood of Christ and i am a new creature in Christ. but do i show the same expectancy? am i concerned to have things ready, to tell others about His coming, to share Truth with those around me, to share the same hope that i have? do i long to be in his presence, to spend eternity knowing him and worshiping him? do i love talking about him, bringing him up at every opportunity? Jesus Christ is coming again.
will today be the day?
Wow! I love this post. I was getting so excited reading your first paragraph, remembering that expectancy and the excitement of the coming! (Made me want to be pregnant again. For a split second;)
ReplyDeleteAnd then, you hit me! SUCH a good comparison, and yes, convicting. Thanks for making me stop and think and appreciate REALITY.