Posted on 02/16/2009 5:59:33 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
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A year ago, I read an article saying that millions of TV sets in the United States would stop working today unless they were able to receive digital signals. Notices appeared in electronics stores, and the government even offered a free $40 coupon toward the purchase of a converter box.
I suspect that most people took the necessary steps to make sure their TV set would work when they turned it on today. We usually respond well to warnings tied to specific dates, but often fail to prepare for an event that will come some day.
When the disciples asked Jesus about the date of His return (Matt. 24:3), He told them that only God the Father knows: But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only (v.36). Then He urged them to be prepared so that they would not be taken by surprise. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect (v.44).
We dont know when Jesus will return; He may come at any time. Dr. M. R. De Haan, founder of RBC Ministries, kept a two-word motto in his office: Perhaps Today.
When we make our daily plans, are we aware that Christ may return? Are we prepared to meet Him?
Airmen with the 27th Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight practiced loading 105 mm cannon rounds like the ones shown here into an aerial gunner inside a 16th Special Operations Squadron AC-130H Spectre gunship during training at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.Feb. 6. The Air Force Special Operations Training Center observed the loading procedures to help create a formal training program for use throughout Air Force Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Evelyn Chavez)
A-10 Thunderbolt IIs had an opportunity to fly with CV-22 Ospreys during a training exercise recently at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Kapinos)
Maj. Tim Hines (left) and Maj. Cary Montgomery, 10th Flight Test Squadron pilots, bring a B-52 Stratofortress to Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., for depot maintenance. The crew will then fly the aircraft back to its home station after any work is done. (U.S. Air Force photo/Margo Wright)
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