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Matthew 24: 42-43 says, "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into." In this picture, JD and the runner were on "alert". To be on alert means also that you have to prepare; to be ready. They were both were "prepared" for the pick-off or the stolen base. Our lives should be the same way. We know not the hour our Lord will return, but we can know without a doubt He is coming! To me that excites me to know that I will see Him and all those who have gone before me again; and you all know the first one I will run to; my sweet angel boy. I had a bad day yesterday, and of course God sent me several "angels" to remind me that we are "preparing" for the day that we will be with our Father. To do that we have to dig deeper into His word and listen for what He is telling us to do. Now, that's not always easy, but He never said it would be. When I woke up this morning I felt like I was that mother again who sent her children off to different places and I "prepared" for their return by praying for them to be safe, making their favorite meal or bringing them a little surprise. I was delighted in the fact that I can still be that mother for JD. I can be on "alert", and I can do as God is asking me to do to be "prepared" for His return. I have a very special ministry that I feel God has placed on my heart. I am asking that you say a prayer that God will "prepare" me for this ministry so that I can make Him proud. As the verse says, "you do not know which day your Lord is coming", and I want to be able to tell Him that I was "prepared for Him just as I did my beautiful children's return while they were away from me. "Lord prepare me", I want to see You and live with You; and You know I want to see this first baseman in this picture. Dear God, Thank You for "preparing" him, and thank you for what I know is going to be a good day of me being "prepared" and on "alert" while waiting to have my whole family together again. And as always I will praise and thank You for sending this precious gift my way to bring me closer to You. J.d. Paul I am "alert". I am "preparing". I will see you again soon baby. I love you to the moon!