Two sisters shared a home in a small town near a big city: One lived for Christ; the other, for the world.
One night the Christian girl went to hear a lecture on the coming of the Lord. On her return, she told her sister what she had heard and remarked, “I felt like this: I thought if He should come tonight, what a dreadful thing it would be for you. I should be taken up to be forever with the Lord, and you would be left behind for judgment. I could not bear to think of it!” Her sister turned away without a comment.
They slept in the same bed, and in the night the Christian lay awake thinking, “If the Lord should come-oh, my poor sister!” At last, unable to bear the dreadful thought any longer, she slipped quietly out of bed and went to a corner of the room. There she knelt down and poured out her soul in silent prayer to God. Presently the other girl woke. She felt for her sister but she was not there. Not knowing what had happened, in sudden panic she thought to herself, “Can it be that the Lord has come?”
She got up immediately, and in a frenzy of fear she searched about the dark room until she found her sister still on her knees. She knelt beside her, and before she arose, she, too, had trusted in Jesus and was ready to meet Him.
Are you ready?