| | Have been thinking these days on the subject of alarms and alarmists. Not sure I really like either, but recognize alarms nevertheless are vitally important.
Sunday morning our family was flying out early in the morning and needed to be at the airport for a 5:15 AM flight. With requirements as they are these days, that meant the need to be at the terminal by 3:15. Great thing is we were close to the airport, just a ten minute drive, so the alarm was set for 2:45. When the body is weary, the mind is experiencing fatigue and the softness of the bed grasps every muscle, the alarm at that hour is not real pleasant. Since it was sooo early in fact we set two alarms, just in case. The first alarm went off and I have to confess I did hit the snooze for another 4 minutes of silence. But the second alarm went off about a minute later, so it was time to get up and on the move.
An alarm really is important as they help one deal with what is necessary whether it is to get up and get going or become aware of danger. How many times I have been thankful for the alarm sounding of a large truck backing up when I was in its way. I am not so sold however on alarmists. They tend to enjoy shocking others and get pleasure from their message. Alarmists seem to intimidate and sometime manipulate with information that may or may not be true. Alarmists have a tendency of being self-centred with their agendas. Whereas an alarm provides a wake-up for the well-being of others.
As I reflect on what is going on in our world today with so much information available depicting our times, there seems to be many alarms going off. These are days to wake-up and quit hitting the snooze button. I sense the alarms I am hearing means to open the eyes to Jesus and what He has to say.
By the way, we did make our flight.
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| | Posted 5/15/2007 10:59 AM - 52 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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