Thoughts on the guards

Earlier this week, while reading my Bible out on the porch, on of the scriptures really came alive to me.

I was reading Mark 13:32-35. "...Therefore keep watch because you do no know when the owner of the house will come back--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you I say to everyone: Watch!"

We have guards who watch our home: day and night, everyday. Part of the guards job is to make sure that ErinStacy comes and goes safely. They are to open the gate when I come home at night as well as let me out in the morning. They often have no idea when I will be coming or going, so they need to keep watch and be ready when my car pulls up to open the gates wide and let me in.

Last week, we just got a new set of guards. The old guards were always sleeping when I left in the morning and several times, we not there in the afternoon when I came home (one time, they fell asleep and I had to climb over the wall which is about 8 ft high and wake them up!). Needless to say, they were never ready when I came home. The consequence for not being prepared was the loss of their jobs.

The new guards are great. I even tried to surprise them this morning when I left at 5:45am to go to the gym. I didn't turn the lights on so they didn't know I was coming. I walked out the door and they were awake, ready to open the gates.

This was a real life example of the verses above and really impressed upon me the need to be constantly ready and alert for His return.