When I was a youth growing up at home often times I would go on trips to a distant city for various reasons. As I was leaving my mother would say to me, "Call me collect when you get there."
The reason she wanted me to call her collect was because she could then refuse the call and not have to pay anything to the phone company for knowing I had arrived safely.
When I got on the phone an operator would ask, "How should I place this call; collect, direct, or person to person?"
A collect call meant the person you were calling would pay for the call. A direct call meant you would pay for it. And a person to person call meant you didn't have to pay unless the person you wanted was there.
When I became an adult and I had children of my own I realized just how wonderful it was to always know your children were safe.
This is how it is with our Heavenly Father too. He wants us to "Call Person to Person."
He has no care for the cost. He will pay it.
He will never refuse the call just to know you are safe. He will answer. He wants a relationship with you. He wants to be a part of the journey.
Prayer is the core of the Christian experience. It's the life blood. When you pray it puts your hand to God's hand to do some pretty wonderful things.
I pray that your prayer life will flourish. That you will hear the call of God. That your faith will grow with every new exchange. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Proverbs: 15:8 The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases Him.
The reason she wanted me to call her collect was because she could then refuse the call and not have to pay anything to the phone company for knowing I had arrived safely.
When I got on the phone an operator would ask, "How should I place this call; collect, direct, or person to person?"
A collect call meant the person you were calling would pay for the call. A direct call meant you would pay for it. And a person to person call meant you didn't have to pay unless the person you wanted was there.
When I became an adult and I had children of my own I realized just how wonderful it was to always know your children were safe.
This is how it is with our Heavenly Father too. He wants us to "Call Person to Person."
He has no care for the cost. He will pay it.
He will never refuse the call just to know you are safe. He will answer. He wants a relationship with you. He wants to be a part of the journey.
Prayer is the core of the Christian experience. It's the life blood. When you pray it puts your hand to God's hand to do some pretty wonderful things.
I pray that your prayer life will flourish. That you will hear the call of God. That your faith will grow with every new exchange. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Proverbs: 15:8 The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases Him.