Phone Calls and Prayer

The phone rang. I picked it up. It wasn’t my sister in law as I was expecting it to be.

It was my 9 year old niece Maya.

At first, I thought something was wrong.

“Is everything OK?” I asked.

“yes, yes” she replied. ” I just wanted to ask you a question”.

She then went on to tell me about the pilot who had been to their school today. This was a pilot who was telling the kids about his recent trip to Haiti. And in his presentation, he mentioned that he had taken a group of 8 doctors to Haiti to do medical relief work. Unfortunately, he didn’t leave enough time for questions and answers, so my niece Maya couldn’t ask him the question that was burning on her heart. Instead she asked me.

“Were you on the plane with that pilot” she asked.

Um…. I could lie…. I wanted to be cool. I had been to Haiti after all. And I did have a pilot who flew our plane down there.  But, “No. I don’t know the pilot,” I answered.

My answer didn’t matter as much as I thought it would.

What followed was a 30 minute wonderful touching conversation with my niece. It was the best thing that has happened to me in a long time. I hung up the phone filled with a sense of wonder and amazement over the maturity and relationship I felt with my lovely niece Maya.

And as I was driving home from work today, I got to thinking about the times that I just pick up the phone and talk to God about, well, just about anything. Just because I can.  Just because I have questions that need answers.

And about the times i don’t.

Conversation deepens relationship.

Deepening relationship brings joy.

So pick up the phone and talk to God right now.

It may just make his day.

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