"Even so come . . ."

To Em's first question - yes, we should live in expectancy that "today may be the day". Yet, we live in THIS world NOW with many distractions and detriments. Things that cause us to doubt our faith or cause us to think we are not ready. We will never be ready if we think we have to earn it. We are ready the moment we make that decision to follow and grow in him. Then it's a matter of being alert to his coming. . . living each day in that expectancy