I have a different Friend, someone I've never actually seen. For some reason though, He's the Most Important friend in my life. I talk to Him every day and though i don't know what His face looks like, I do know what His heart looks like. The only problem is, it's rarely my iPhone that connects me to Him. Talking to him would be a little more exciting if I could pick up my device and send a quick message. The way I do talk to Him takes a little more commitment than a short message here and there. Yes, I do send him short messages -quick prayers throughout the day, not via mobile network tho and it's a little hard to pray a mindless prayer (like a mindless text message) because those kind of prayers aren't usually very genuine or effective. So the short middle-of-the-day prayers can be a bit of a problem but usually not too much, or not as much as those daily devotion-prayers. The kind where I sit down and read a long email, then type a 2 paged Microsoft document myself and sent in response and then sit waiting the other person to reply again . Except the first received email is usually in the form of my KJV Bible that sits on the table beside my bed whenever it's not in service. My email in response is a long prayer, full of news and questions and many requests and frequently a lot of praise. The second received email is often an emotion, feeling or thought, or something that either comforts me or answers one of my questions or requests. And this "email" ordeal, it's not something fast. It's not something you can do in 2.3 minutes. It's not something you can push or rush through. It's time-consuming and patience-building. But it's important; it's the conversation that gives me the stamina and vitality I need for my life.
(A challenge for this week: Put down your smartphone for a minute and talk to God.)
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