The Sandbag Times Issue No:31 SBTIssue31 | Page 17
Are you ready..
Here’s a question for you all? Are you ready and
prepared for tomorrow? Is everything in place to
ensure you day goes smoothly? I would imagine
most of you are now nodding or thinking of course
it is. But let’s extend that a little, are you ready for
next week, next month, next year? No, of course
not. At this moment in time we are not sure what is
going to happen so we don’t have the correct
information to prepare. Or do we?...
We can look forward and prepare for what we know will happen.
One example of this is that busy season that everybody starts to
prepare for in the summer. As soon as the temperature drops
by a few degrees in September you can guaruntee that the
Christmas trees and decorations appear in the shop, people
start buying presents for people to budget the cost and we find
ourselves in a crazy world of worrying about things that are not
really important in the grand scheme of things.
patronise anyone. I am human and I have my own preparations
to make. It would be hypocritical of me to do so. But I do see
things in my life that may be repeated elsewhere. Like making
it up with friends you may have upset, getting in touch with that
family member you had a row with some years ago, saying
sorry for the things you’ve done. Not rocket science but
something all of us fall short of. Most of all, forgive. The one
thing that the bible teaches us, coming to think of it so do all
Holy books, is the most important of all things. Love the Lord,
your God and love your neighbour as yourself. If you cannot
forgive, how can you expect to be forgiven. If you cannot love,
how can you expect to be loved. If you cannot save, how can
you expect to be saved.
A soldier on the battlefield has to train, prepare and plan in
order to carry out his duties. It often involves hard work, pain
and suffering but he does it because he knows it is right and for
the good of others. We don’t have to go that far but we can
use that as a good inspiation to get ready for what will come.
It has been a little morbi d today but if we avoid the truth we
will eventually get caught out. I would hate that to happen to
anyone. Also remember that however hard things may get,
you have someone on your shoulder who will never desert
you, he will never walk away. And if you ask him he will help
you to prepare.
I wonder how many are spiritually prepared for the future. If
there is one thing I have learned it takes but a brief unseen
moment for a life to end. How can we ever prepare for that?
We can’t to be honest, nobody can foresee how or when we will
meet our end but we can do things to make sure our soul is
ready for whatever may happen. I pray that it will be many
years from now and your have a great fullfilling life until then but
we all know that one day that moment will arrive.
No one is saying you have to turn into a saint or join the
priesthood or become a nun but there are a few things you can
do naturally in life to ensure we are spiritually ready. As a
christian, this is in our teaching but God does love us all, no
matter what. I’m not going to preach or give instruction or
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