STARTLED
Today's reading:  Isaiah 51-55

"Many were amazed when they saw him--beaten and bloodied, so disfigured one would scarcely know he was a person.  And he will again startle many nations.  Kings will stand speechless in his presence.  For they will see what they had previously been told about; they will understand what they had not heard about."  Isaiah 52:14-15 NLT

My son think it is quite amusing to hide in dark places and scare the liver out of me.  He finds humor in waiting patiently and quietly in places that when he jumps out and yells, gives me quite a fright.  Having been raised in a house with four girls, that just wasn't done (other rotten and funny things were done, but not that).

I know about being startled.  If it were up to him, it would be on a daily, possibly hourly basis.

When startled I grab my chest and am speechless.  I am unable to say a word.  I am unable to defend myself .  On the worst occasions I am not sure if my heart is beating or not!

Like the ones who don't believe Christ is coming back will be when He returns.

They'll have nothing to say in their defense.  They'll know in their hearts that they should have done differently.  They'll bow in submission to the authority they'd been told about.

I know about Christ and His promise to return--what am I doing about it?  Who else am I telling?