Wake Up!!!

Last Wednesday, the Mrs. received a phone call from one of Mr. Youngster's fellow band members.  He shared with her the plans the band members had for Mr. Youngster on Homecoming morning.  The drumline has a tradition that includes a surprise or two for the sophomores on Homecoming Friday.  We were instructed to leave a door unlocked.  The Mrs. had a better idea - they could call her cell phone before arriving and she would go open the door for them.

The cell phone rang bright and early at 4:45 on Friday morning.  The Mrs. got up, threw on a robe, and went running down the stairs to open the door.  Standing at the door were 15 little drummer boys (without drums) from the high school band, all wearing various styles of black and red clothing, painted faces, and smiles.  They paraded into the house in a seemingly endless stream of black and red, and headed straight for Mr. Youngster's room.  They quietly circled his bed, then on cue began yelling at him to get up - that he was going to be late.  They shook his bed as they yelled.  They blew an airhorn (thank you very much).   They made enough noise to raise the dead.  It worked - the dead finally arose from his bed and was soon getting dressed.  The little drummer boys provided him with a t-shirt - about three sizes too small and painted up with a Homecoming message.  As he got dressed, the little drummer boys continued to scream at him, "Hurry up!"  Ten minutes after the phone call, he was headed out the door to pick up more little drummer boys and then to Perkins for breakfast, where the seniors bought his meal.

After school on Friday night, I asked Mr. Youngster what he thought when he saw all those guys standing in his room yelling at him.  He said when he first opened his eyes, everything looked pretty blurry, so he thought it was a dream. But then, as he blinked the sleep from his eyes, he realized it wasn't a dream - but he was very confused about it.  He hardly had time to get dressed and out the door.  All in all, I am certain he enjoyed it!  I think the Mrs. enjoyed it more than he did!  I, on the other hand, attempted to enjoy my sleep - but was unable to because of all the ruckus.

Romans 13:11 challenges us when it says, "The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed."  Mr. Youngster had to awaken from his slumber to participate in the fun Homecoming activities .  Jesus is going to return.  While most of the world is spiritually deaf to this fact, there is no excuse for the Christian.  The next verse tells us, "The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light."  Let's wake up, clean up, and focus on living for Christ.  The King is Coming!  And it will be a day filled with joy for all who are spiritually awake!