Ready!!!

Many people are ready. Ready to play. Ready to work. Ready to study. Ready to perform. Ready for bed. Many are getting ready. Getting ready to go to work. Getting ready to write a paper. Getting ready for a performance. Preparing for sleep. Many car advertisements tell us its wise to winterize and get ready for the winter or summarize and get ready for the summer. Do we really know what it is to get and be ready? What of the 10 virgins with their lamps? Several were sleeping and hence never trimmed their lamp. But the others prepared. What does that mean? It means that while waiting for their master some put off the preparations while others made daily preparations. And that's where we are. We have so many distractions from what will really get us ready that we put off what we should do to prepare for the return of Jesus. May our daily resolution be to continually prepare for the coming of Christ and not put off our spiritual lives.