Like a Thief in the Night

I was a Sunday School preschool teacher who probably had more fun than the kids because after reading the weekly lesson, I always tried to use the toys/items at home to create a visual for the kids.

When I wasn’t teaching, I was in adult classes. We had a great mixture of folks that had been at this church since birth plus others who were new families here for work to brand new confirmed adults who hadn’t been raised in a church.

Our pastor had a way of telling stories so vividly that you just didn’t forget. We were discussing the second coming of Christ & how no one knows when He’ll be coming. If you knew, you would stay up all night & wait to welcome Him. Pastor told us how this to remind us He will come like a thief in the night, because again you don’t know a thief is coming, so you are not ready. He wanted us to live every day as if it was THE day so we could be ready & not be surprised or not be ready. Live a Godly life.

This had come in handy with thinking & talking about just living, but especially living with people who are sick. One of our kids is a worrier. She worries about her father’s health all the time until it just makes her sick.

I finally had to tell her that we are just not in charge. We are on Earth for a very short time. Live. Enjoy. Be Happy. Have Fun. Be Ready.

We have a parrot who does talk & a German Shepherd mix. The bird yells for my husband “Lloyd”….my husband will answer “what? Peggy, what do you want?” I hear my name & tell him & didn’t say anything. Sometimes he rings like a telephone & Lloyd asks if it’s the bird or a phone?

When I saw the ‘Thief In The Night,’ I just felt compelled to share a bit.