Are You Ready?

I work in a school system. While it is hard work; it is also rewarding work. The other morning, I was standing at the front doors with the principal. It was 8:04 am......class begins at 8:00 sharp! She was feeling generous that day, so she was beckoning the children who were just coming in, to hurry and they would not have to get a tardy slip. She was extending grace.

It didn't matter who the child was, or in what standing the child's family was with the community....they were all getting a free pass if they would heed her call. After a while, however, that window of opportunity was over. There was no warning or way that I could even tell when her grace and mercy was going to stop, nor did the children know. But, she looked at me and said, "That's it." She casually walked back inside, and let the door close. As she walked back to her office, she proclaimed that any other students are now considered tardy and will have to stop at the desk and get their tardy slips.

I immediately visualized a spiritual lesson! Isn't that what our Father is doing to this world right now? II Corinthians 6:2 says, "...behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." None of us know the day or the hour in which He will call us all home! But, He also tells us to watch the signs, and the signs of this time are surely showing that He is coming soon!
........Are you ready?.....The door is open, He is standing with arms wide open, beckoning you to come. His mercy and grace are yours for the taking, all you have to do is enter in. He has extended you another opportunity, don't be late!!! He will close the door one day, and no matter who you are, or what you have......the door will not be opened. Are you ready??