Welcome to the first Five Minute Friday link-up of May 2023!
Every week we gather around a single word prompt and freewrite for five minutes flat.
Sound like fun? Learn more here, then join the link-up at the bottom of this post.
This week’s FMF writing prompt is: SOON
Setting my timer for five minutes, and . . . GO.Â
We’ve been counting down for months, and the time is finally almost here. We have family coming to visit, family members we haven’t seen for years. They’re coming for my daughter’s high school graduation. (Hold me.) Very soon we will have a full house. Very soon my youngest will turn sixteen and get his driver’s license, Lord willing. Very soon my daughter will graduate from high school, turn eighteen, and move to college. Very soon my house will be quiet.
We’ve been counting down for months, and the time is finally almost here. The preparations have been many, and we’re not done yet. A flurry of activity and excitement, restless nights in anticipation, making lists and checking calendars.
And I can’t help but think: If I get this excited for family members’ imminent arrival, why am I not as excited for the imminent coming of Christ? Why am I not thinking about it all the time, making preparations and doing all that I can to ready myself for His arrival?
The momentous events for our family this summer will come and go. Life will be different, but it will carry on. But when Christ comes, everything will change; nothing will be the same. Am I excited? Am I ready?
STOP.Â
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Join the link-up with your own five-minute freewrite below, then visit your link-up neighbor to read their post and leave an encouraging comment:
Jesus Christ is coming,
He’s just around the bend,
and time is really running
so I can’t afford to spend
my days on idle lace and bling
and diamond-studded bowling shoes,
even if they’re quite the thing
to chase away my worldly blues,
’cause if we choose to know the world,
we really cannot know the Man,
so best to point my efforts toward
a somewhat wiser kind of plan
than making sure, when He gets here,
I offer Him a can of beer.
Three minutes flat, and BOY does it show
Wow, Andrew, you made me think … If Christ is coming we can’t spend our days on bling!
I’ve always been partial to bling,
but it’s not the most important thing.
It’s true, I’ve only one life to savor
Thank God, it doesn’t count on me,
what matters is, I believe the Savior.
Lol, I’m not sure that is a real poem because it’s 5 lines and it took me way more than 3 minutes, but Andrew, you inspire me every time.
wow, so much going on in your life and yet He is in the midst of it all. What a great reminder yes! soon, come soon Lord Jesus. Help me ready my heart and my number my days wisely!
A thoughtful post, Kate! Thank you for putting things in perspective. We do tend to fuss about the immediate and forget about the eternal, or at least put it to the side when life gets exciting. Your question is a good one to ask ourselves on a regularbasis. Am I ready?
Indeed! Why are we not thinking about Christ’s coming all the time? I know I want to!
Indeed! We’re excited as we look forward to momentous occasions. So glad for your family to have one of those soon.
And we all have a heavenly appearance soon and very soon.
Bless you and thank you for your post.
May your family time of celebrations and milestones bring great, memorable blessings. Life will continue to change, but it gets better and better as we walk close to Jesus.