it's a small world...

You may not realize it, but the world is shrinking.

Right here, right now, as you read this, the world shrinks… Michigan is no longer 3,000 and some odd miles away from California… Michigan is no longer days or weeks away by post… Michigan is no longer a long distance phone call that you’ll rarely make because it costs an arm and a leg. Now, due to technology, Michigan is right here in front of your face. Michigan is an “in” call that costs you nothing. Michigan is two seconds by email. Michigan is even a skype call away where you can talk face to face for the cost of nothing.

It’s pretty crazy if you think about it.

Smallness-by-phone… sometimes you love it, sometimes you hate it. You love it when it’s your friend calling you because a certain song came on and they just had to let you know. You love it when it’s your friend calling you from atop a cell phone tower. You love it’s someone you haven’t talked to in forever and get to catch up. Despite the wide spread negative connotations, you gotta love it when your parents call. And of course, you love it when it’s someone calling to just say “hey,” or confirm lunch plans.

(and, of course on cue, my parents just called.)

I’ve learned that calls can change things… they change plans, change the momentum of a day, make it good…

…or, make it bad. You know… there is always “that call” that you don’t want to get. There isn’t necessarily a definition or set of details that would describe that call, and you don’t really know what it is until you get it, but once the phone rings and you answer it, it quickly becomes that call. This was all foreign to me until, unfortunately, recently. It’s a phone call that’s turned into many more phone calls, and lots of waiting—the kind of waiting where you think twice before answering.

As there is this dark cloud that seems to be washing over this post, I want to offer a bit of light. There have been rays of good news in some of these calls, so although there is a lot more waiting ahead, it’s a lot more hopeful waiting.

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Say someone walked up to you and tried to pitch this phone plan to you. You get this phone for free, and with it, you get unlimited minutes from anywhere in the country… in fact, anywhere in the world. No roaming, no peak minutes, so on. The reception is great… you’re guaranteed to be able to make a call anywhere… no dropped calls. If you think you’ve dropped a call, just try listening a little harder. There is no start up fee, and, hey why not, no monthly fee either. You get all this awesome stuff for absolutely free. You've completed a full background check and it is in no way a scam.

What would you say? What would you do? Would you take absolute complete advantage of it?

It’s called prayer. It’s there. It’s available. Use it.

I’m just now learning how.