It brings about a sense of anticipation.
When someone says, “are you ready?”
Either we are going to go somewhere that is fun and exciting or
we are going to do something not so fun like the dentist or doctor.
The other choice is what my neighbor just did when she was ready for a new baby to be born.
Ready … it sounds like an action word.
Dictionary.com says it is to be willing, completely prepared for immediate action.
Prompt with a state of readiness.
When someone says it to me I get anxious.
Like I am expected to ‘do or say or perform or understand’.
It is anticipatory to action.
Are you ready?
It is a question of the heart on many levels.
It can be something very simple like, are you ready for school
or difficult like are you ready to understand and forgive.
It is alert, acute, sharp, prepared.
As in a race when the racers are bent low to gain speed when
the person calling out saying to them, “Ready, set, Go.”
We have all seen this kind of excitement.
I think every morning when we rise for a new day
we should get in the habit of choosing to say to ourselves.
Are you ready?
Then begin with a clean slate and a new anticipation of what is ahead of us.
"I think every morning when we rise for a new day we should get in the habit of choosing to say to ourselves.
Are you ready?"
Being open to where God is leading us leads to being ready and waiting for His call. It is tantamount to living life to the fullest, isn't it? Whether we are truly ready or not, we can always trust that He is right beside us. There could never be a better reassurance.
Blessings, Sharon!
I totally agree that 'Are you ready?' is far better than my usual mantra 'here we go again'. I will use it from now on as it sounds far more positive. Have a blessed Sunday. x