Always Ready.....

Always be prepared. A Girl Scout motto, Dear Abbey recommendation and Fathers great advice. Be Ready! What for? Everything.

Ready to offer help. Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you. Help, serve, give, do. 

Ready to offer forgiveness. Over and over again people will fail you. When they repent, forgive. Let the have grace. When they don't deserve it, when they don't ask for it, when you don't want to, give them grace. 

Ready to endure. There are lots of struggles, challenges, pains, heartaches in this world. It is filled with humans given free will. It is filled with the results of mans poor choices. It is filled with disappointments. It is filled with disease and death. Be ready to travel through the battle and arrive on the other side. 

Ready to love. Not just the easy ones. The ones that don't want it, don't know they need it, that you don't want to! Everyone needs love. It takes practise, patience, perseverance, forgiveness, God!

Ready to  leave. We are here for a moment, the blink of an eye. We have a short time on this side of eternity. Live for the dash and be ready to cross the finish line. We must choose now, this moment, who we will follow and how we will live. We might stumble but our eyes should remain fixed on our prize. 

Be ready.................