A traveler was once being shown over a beautiful estate in northern Italy. Though charmed with the beauty of the garden and the perfect order in which it was kept, he was surprised to learn that for twenty-five years the gardener had labored there, and during that time his master had visited but four times, and in the past twelve years he had not visited at all.
“One would think that you were expecting your master to come tomorrow,” observed the visitor.
“No sir; today” was the faithful servant’s answer.
Is this how we are acting? Are we doing our work in such a manner as though expecting our Lord today? Or are we living as though we were not expecting Him at all. May we be able to say that the thought of our hearts is, “Perhaps today.”
Gems From My Reading