God is with us even when we are having a bad day. My phone went for a swim on Monday. Monday's are my Sabbath and even though I have all the normal things to do on my day off, just like you I try to re-create myself. I do the things like change my bed sheets every Monday and do laundry and clean the house, but the whole time I am thinking when I am done I will rest and play. Monday this week was no different. I worked and then I went to the pool. It was a beautiful day to lay by the water and read. When I got ready to leave I was walking and talking on my phone--(you never really get a day off as a Pastor) and I slipped and fell. The phone in my hand flew into the water and headed for the bottom (bad phone). Needless to say I grabbed it but not before it had swallowed quite a large sum of the deadly liquid (well to a phone it's deadly liquid). To my surprise when I grabbed it the person I was talking to was still on the other line; but not for long. Deadly silence, "noooooooooooooooo", it was too late my Samsung had died.
I went home and buried it in a grave of rice. I have head that works. I am praying for a resurrection in three days. I have laid hands on it and prayed. In the meantime I have gone through the process of getting another phone, not because I lack faith but they say they are never the same once they have a drink of that deadly liquid.
So I decided I wasn't going to let the lack of a cell phone get me down and control my life. I was going to choose to fast my cell phone for three days instead. I was going to talk with God every time I would normally be talking on the phone. Car time is office time for me. It is when I do most of my phone work. So I called God and He was with me instantly. I told Him all about my day. I shared with Him that I was sorry I hadn't thought of this earlier. He and I would meet in my car for three days and talk all the way to work. Immediately He told me, "You are my beloved." I know God loves me but at that moment of despair He was there. He was in my car. He was talking to me. All I had to do was call upon His name. Once we talked I could have cared less about not having a phone. Never really thought about it the entire day. God is with us. God was with me all morning in the car and I knew He had been everyday I drove to work but I was always busy talking to others about God and God's business instead of God himself. (Well not all mornings sometimes I only talked with Him but it was praying for others not just talking to Him)
Sometimes it takes a crisis no matter how small to begin to see God is with us. We are so busy working for God we forget to be with God. The entire reason God sent Jesus to the earth was so that He could be with us. Don't wait for a crisis to enjoy the fact that God is with us. Don't get so caught up in the tasks and routines of the day that you forget to talk with God because He is with us and He may just have something He wants you to know.
PS If you are trying to contact me call my office 304-292-7283 or email me at pastarena@aol.com until my new phone arrives.
I went home and buried it in a grave of rice. I have head that works. I am praying for a resurrection in three days. I have laid hands on it and prayed. In the meantime I have gone through the process of getting another phone, not because I lack faith but they say they are never the same once they have a drink of that deadly liquid.
So I decided I wasn't going to let the lack of a cell phone get me down and control my life. I was going to choose to fast my cell phone for three days instead. I was going to talk with God every time I would normally be talking on the phone. Car time is office time for me. It is when I do most of my phone work. So I called God and He was with me instantly. I told Him all about my day. I shared with Him that I was sorry I hadn't thought of this earlier. He and I would meet in my car for three days and talk all the way to work. Immediately He told me, "You are my beloved." I know God loves me but at that moment of despair He was there. He was in my car. He was talking to me. All I had to do was call upon His name. Once we talked I could have cared less about not having a phone. Never really thought about it the entire day. God is with us. God was with me all morning in the car and I knew He had been everyday I drove to work but I was always busy talking to others about God and God's business instead of God himself. (Well not all mornings sometimes I only talked with Him but it was praying for others not just talking to Him)
Sometimes it takes a crisis no matter how small to begin to see God is with us. We are so busy working for God we forget to be with God. The entire reason God sent Jesus to the earth was so that He could be with us. Don't wait for a crisis to enjoy the fact that God is with us. Don't get so caught up in the tasks and routines of the day that you forget to talk with God because He is with us and He may just have something He wants you to know.
PS If you are trying to contact me call my office 304-292-7283 or email me at pastarena@aol.com until my new phone arrives.
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