If Jesus came to your house
to spend a day or two—
If He came unexpectedly, I
wonder what you’d
do.
Oh, I know you’d give
your nicest room to such an honored Guest
And all the food you’d
serve to Him would be the very best.
And you would keep assuring
Him you’re
glad to have Him there—
That serving Him in your own home is joy beyond
compare.
But—when you saw Him coming,
would you meet Him at the door
With arms outstretched in welcome to your
heavenly Visitor?
Or would you have to change your clothes before
you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines and
put the Bible where they’d been?
Would you turn off the radio
and hope He hadn’t
heard?
And wish you hadn’t uttered
that last, loud, hasty word?
Would you hide your worldly music and put
some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would
you rush about?
And I wonder—if the Savior
spent a day or two with you—
Would you go right on doing the things you
always do?
Would you go right on saying the things you
always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from
day to day?
Would your family conversation keep up is
usual pace?
And would you find it hard each meal to say
a table grace?
Would you sing the songs you always sing,
and read the books you read?
And let Him know the things on which your
mind and spirit feed?
Would you take Jesus with you
everywhere you’d
planned to go?
Or would you, maybe, change your plans for
just a day or so?
Would you be glad to have Him meet your very
closest friends?
Or would you hope they’d
stay away until His visit ends?
Would you be glad to have Him stay forever
on and on?
Or would you sigh with great relief when He
at last was gone?
It might be interesting to know the things
that you would do
If Jesus Christ in person came to spend some
time with you.
Lois Kendall Blanchard
