Instant communications

I wish I could take credit for tonight’s blog idea, but it was actually a composite of several different sources, all “pushing my buttons” as it were. (Pun intended)

These days you can’t call any large company without having to go through a lot of automated questions that you either have to answer by voice or push a number on the phone, which just leads to another set of questions and finger exercises—in more ways than one! If you’re lucky, you may even get an answer from someone before you forget why you called!

Unlike the large companies I just wrote about, God takes all calls immediately and simultaneously. And whether you are calling to thank Him or ask Him for a favor or even complain about something, He will take all the time in the world—at least as far as we who are in time are concerned—to handle your call personally.

If for some reason you feel your issue isn’t worthy of God’s personal immediate attention, or you don’t want to “bother” Him with it, you can choose to speak to one of His holy operators, or—as I like to call them—saints, and leave a message with confidence that He will get it. His Blessed mother is your best bet. She has never failed to take one of my requests to her Son. Some of the saints (“Patron Saints”) have certain experiences or traits that make them uniquely qualified to understand your specific plight and implore our Lord to help you out.

It’s called prayer. Earnest, heart-felt prayer. Confident prayer. Short prayers. Long prayers. Formal prayers. Loud prayers. Quiet prayers. It doesn’t matter—Heaven is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and the phone lines are open, and you don't even need a phone!

Those who don’t believe in prayer might say that with our instant communications these days through cell phone technologies, IM, Facebook, Twitter, and whatever else is out there, we have become so independent we don’t NEED God. Let me remind you that God knows what you need BEFORE you do! He just wants you to ask! What can be more instant than that?