Napkins Freshly Pressed

Beauty and the Beast, Be Our Guest continued...

Spot the difference between the reactions to the arrival of a surprise guest:

Most days we just lay around the castle
Flabby, fat and lazy
You walked in and oops-a-daisy!

It's a guest, it's a guest
Sake's alive, well I'll be blessed!
Wine's been poured and thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed

Option one is an oops-a-daisy moment, but option two is excited and even blessed by the opportunity.

How do you react to surprises, challenges, questions in your life? Do you constantly feel unprepared, unfit, caught off guard?

Or, as I wrote about a few weeks ago, are you sharpening yourself, even in the dry down time? Are you investing time in pressing the napkins in your life, so that you are ready when the time comes?

2 Tim 4:2 "Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season."

1 Peter 3:15 "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect."