Humbled.
My nephew is a Sergeant in the Army and has been in Afghanistan for over a month. Technology allows him to check in with his mom (my sister) from time to time--a wonderful and welcome call no matter what time of the day or night. I occasionally see some Facebook updates from him. I was happy to see him post something about my blog in the last week.
What I later learned is that when he goes online--it takes Facebook (or any website) a good 20 minutes to load because of their slow-as-molasses Internet connection. Then, it's another stretch before he can start checking someone or something out. Because of this, he has begun to pick one person a day to check on.
There he is, almost 7,000 miles away, committed to learn about 1 person a day. That I was chosen humbled me and I have carried that with me since then. That's quality vs. quantity--the exact opposite of the rest of us when it comes to surfing. I've never counted, but I bet I'm on hundreds of sites a day.
Sgt. Rogers' dedication frames my inattention to our awesome God even more clearly. He's not half a world away, we can reach Him in a nano-second, and He doesn't need to read our Facebook or Blog to learn what we're up to. My nephew wants to know about his friends and suffers through dial-up, exhausted and grimy from his day--and he has committed to doing so.
If you're a Christian, I hope you appreciate how close, how available, and how instant the connection is. We don't need to perform any rituals, say magic words, or be in a certain place---I've encountered Him on the bike path, in the sunset, in the chortle of a chubby baby. I'm not new-aging here, those are the fingerprints of God---the staggering, amazing, mind-blowing part is that He is right here. Right now.
Hooah. And Hallelujah.
Luke 2:16-20
10 hours ago
2 comments:
You know Danny, I offten wonder how peopel get through the day who don't know that our Lord is right here with us. He is amazing. Any where, any time, no special passage, nothing but a pure and opend heart and God hears us. Amen....
Jim
This posting stopped me dead in my tracks. I read it at work after sleeping in and forgetting my daily quiet time with the assumption that I'd make it up later. It seems I have been doing that too much lately. Here is your nephew dedicated to reaching out to people he can't see a world away and I can't be bothered to go to bed early enough to get up in time to spend time with the one who orders my day. I am sufficiently chastened and will change my behavior.
Kim
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