A Signal from......

   Earlier this month, while we were in Tennessee with the family, most every time the family gathered in one of the units for a meal or a game or just to hang out because of the heat outside and the air conditioning inside, the electronic ones in the crowd would get on their devices and play a scrabble like word game with each other. The essence of the game was that you make a word and send it electronically to the person you were playing with, and then they would respond with a word of their own.

   Well, it seemed like fun, but I did not have an ipad or an iphone so I could not play. But then, after we got back home, I discovered that I could play with them from my computer, so I set it up and now I can join in. It is an application on facebook that allows me to play the game with any of my facebook "friends".

   When I come into my morning study room and open the computer, I hear a distinctive sound that tells me that one of the people playing the game with me has made a word and sent the game back to me to put in another word. Now I could go to the site immediately and see who responded, but then I might get caught up in the game and not read Chambers and do my blog. So, I pass on the game and sit down to read.

   Chambers title for today is "Does He Know Me?", and I think of how neat it would be if, when I opened the computer each morning, that Jesus would have a message there for me to read that either gave me my directions for this day, or at least showed me that He knew I was available to listen.

   But then I think: He does have these things waiting for me, His words in the Bible, His still small voice, and the prompting of His Spirit, if I will only open my ears, eyes and heart to listen and see.

   I can turn off the signal that tells me it is my turn to play by simply muting the sound on the computer, and I can do the same to the voice of Jesus by not taking the time to listen.

   God help me not to get so wrapped up in the things of the world that I do not even care to listen to You.