My daughter has been working at camp all Summer; she has had a great time meeting new friends, reuniting with friends from the previous years and across the province. She doesn't really want to come home; she doesn't want the Summer to end. She knows it has to and she knows that we, her family, are coming to get her.
The rest of the family, as the time was nearing to pick Rebecca up, we have taken our holidays near the camp. One night, while everyone else was asleep, Sarah-Grace (Rebecca's closest sister in age) and I decided to go and surprise Rebecca.
Sarah-Grace and I drove to the camp, found out where her cabin was and Sarah-Grace went inside to see her. Rebecca's was glad to see us but her first response was one of fear and surprise. "What are you doing here?" "It's not time to go yet?" "I am not ready to go!" "We're not going!"
Sarah-Grace calmed her down. We were just visiting. We went to the dining hall and visited with Rebecca and a friend or two and then left them there in the dining hall. We had a very good visit.
As we were leaving the camp Sarah-Grace told me about Rebecca's reaction; so, we decided to stop by her cabin again (while she was still in the dining room) on our way out. In Rebecca's lipstick, on a piece of paper she attached to the wall, Sarah-Grace wrote, "Matthew 24:36" (She could have equally written "Matthew 25:13" or :Matthew 24:42 or 44). When Rebecca looked up Matthew 24:36, it read: "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." The implication was that we could show up anytime (unexpectedly like now) and take her away from her Summer job.
We had already put her mind at ease and told her exactly when we were going to show up again with her mother and her other sister so she wasn't really worried about the note but it was a fun memory wee shared.
This is not unlike our scripture today (Matthew 24:36-44). When the Lord returns it will be good for us to be with be Him but we need to be ready. We will miss our friends who are going somewhere else after our shift at the metaphorical Summer Camp that is this life. There will inevitably have been some things that wee still wanted to do but we need to be ready because we do not know when our Father is coming to get us.
Are you ready?
The rest of the family, as the time was nearing to pick Rebecca up, we have taken our holidays near the camp. One night, while everyone else was asleep, Sarah-Grace (Rebecca's closest sister in age) and I decided to go and surprise Rebecca.
Sarah-Grace and I drove to the camp, found out where her cabin was and Sarah-Grace went inside to see her. Rebecca's was glad to see us but her first response was one of fear and surprise. "What are you doing here?" "It's not time to go yet?" "I am not ready to go!" "We're not going!"
Sarah-Grace calmed her down. We were just visiting. We went to the dining hall and visited with Rebecca and a friend or two and then left them there in the dining hall. We had a very good visit.
As we were leaving the camp Sarah-Grace told me about Rebecca's reaction; so, we decided to stop by her cabin again (while she was still in the dining room) on our way out. In Rebecca's lipstick, on a piece of paper she attached to the wall, Sarah-Grace wrote, "Matthew 24:36" (She could have equally written "Matthew 25:13" or :Matthew 24:42 or 44). When Rebecca looked up Matthew 24:36, it read: "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." The implication was that we could show up anytime (unexpectedly like now) and take her away from her Summer job.
We had already put her mind at ease and told her exactly when we were going to show up again with her mother and her other sister so she wasn't really worried about the note but it was a fun memory wee shared.
This is not unlike our scripture today (Matthew 24:36-44). When the Lord returns it will be good for us to be with be Him but we need to be ready. We will miss our friends who are going somewhere else after our shift at the metaphorical Summer Camp that is this life. There will inevitably have been some things that wee still wanted to do but we need to be ready because we do not know when our Father is coming to get us.
Are you ready?
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