Make the Call

"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up." 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Our house yesterday afternoon... four families...6 adults and 7 children...five kids are blind or visually impaired. After having our phone number in their hands for two full years, the connections finally happened. Two of these families had heard about Taylor and our family, had received our phone number, and never quite got around to making the call. The other family had heard of Taylor for over a year as well. How often do we have the number but don't make the call...to God or to those who puts around us?

One exchange yesterday went something like this, "Did you have a lot of trouble keeping track of your son's glasses when he was younger? We could never keep just one pair."

"Oh, for sure. We were always checking to make sure he had them on, or we'd find them in the weirdest places!"

I just had to interject..."Mike and I had similar problems with Taylor, only we weren't checking for glasses, we were making sure she still had both her eyes. Sometimes we'd have to search her crib, the floor to find the one that fell out at night."

We all had a great chuckle and so broke the ice for the first of many future get-togethers. God is so great to give us the right encouragers at just the right time. Sometimes the connections are instantaneous, and others need some nurturing. Our relationship with the Lord is one that is just like our person-to-person relationships. Sometimes it's humorous. Sometimes it's tough and feels a bit distant. Sometimes it's the closest one we've got. All the time, He's got us...do we have Him?