___________Are you ready?____________

"My child, are you ready?"

"Well I am pretty much packed, I've made a list of things to do before I leave, I've..."

"That's not what I mean. Are you ready?"

"Um..."

"This year is going to take more than packed bags and lists, you know. What I mean is, are you ready like those who have served me before:

Jim Elliot: "He is no fool who give what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose"

David Livingston: "I am a missionary, heart and soul. God Himself had an only Son,
and He was a missionary and a physician. A poor, poor imitation I am, or wish to be,

but in this service I hope to live. In it I wish to die. I still prefer poverty and mission

service to riches and ease. This is my choice." 

Bob Pierce: "Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God"

Oswald J. Smith: "I want Thy plan, Oh God, for my life. May I be happy and contented 

whether in the homeland or on the foreign field: whether married or alone, in happiness or sorrow,
health or sickness, prosperity or adversity - I want Thy plan, O God, 

for my life. I want it; oh, I want it!"

C.T. Studd: "If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice is too great for me 

to give for Him"

"So, are you ready?"

"I am not like them, Lord! They've all done great things and I've just graduated from school! 

They know much more..."

"No, they didn't to great things, Allie. I did. They just let me use them. You can to! I can do so 

much through you. Are you ready now? All you have to do is say 'yes'. I'll do the rest!"

"Yes, Lord" (whisper)