As I was getting ready to write up something else - this song was playing. Shawn's Ripen CD is a wonderful worship album. At first it seems strange, but the more you listen to it the more it grips your heart with it's simplicity . . .

I Want to be Ready   
by: Shawn McDonald

I want to be ready.
When the Son of Man, He comes.
To lay claim to Him, and Him alone.
I want to be ready
To stand in His sight.
For His eyes to gaze upon me
In His glory and might.

I want to be ready. I want to be ready. I want to be ready
For Him and Him, alone. I want to be . . .

I want to be ready
To cry out His name
To lay up in His arms
And delight in His fame

I want to be ready
To be embraced by His love
For the Almighty
To take me up above
To gaze upon Your throne,
To give You all I own, oh, my King
To fall upon my knees, to give you all the glory

I want to be ready. I want to be ready.
I want to be ready . . . for You alone