what if...

Warren and I barely ever watch TV - we don't have a cable package (not even the $8 one) because three months after we got married we realized we hadn't watched TV once in that time. Anyways, we do watch Lost over the internet every week, which is great because there aren't the commercials, and that's pretty much the only show we keep current on.

He had heard that another show, Jericho, was really good, and he wanted to give it a whirl...He watched the first couple of episodes online and said it was interesting, so we watched the pilot together last night. He was right - it was interesting. But completely disturbing to me because of how completely possible the scenario is.

The show is set in the tiny little town of Jericho (don't know what state that's in or if it's even a real place), and the premise is that there is a nuclear attack in several locations on U.S. soil. So all of a sudden there are no phones and no electricity, and on the horizon there's this huge mushroom cloud. Dusk sets in and the whole place is pitch black - and I mean pitch black. People get into brawl fights at the gas station because they all want to hoard for themselves...The police are completely overwhelmed...People are separated from their family members and can't find each other...It's mayhem, to make a long story short.

Yep, it was interesting. I don't think I can handle watching it regularly, but it definitely caused me to consider some things. I'm not a paranoid person, and I'm not living in constant fear of something like this, but...

What if???
Really, what if it was real? What would I do? Where would my faith lie? What would my focus be? Maybe more importantly, do I really live as if today could be IT? And if not, why not? Maybe Jesus will make His triumphant return this afternoon, or maybe today is the day I'll go home to heaven for whatever reason, and all of those scenarios boil down to the same thing.

Am I ready?