I have a friend who lives a long ways away from me that lives from one crises to the next. She doesn't call me very often but when she does I know I will be on the phone at least two hours. This morning I was hoping to go out for tea with a friend. So I was feeling a little frustrated. But then God reminded me that this was a Divine Interruption. I prayed for wisdom and grace.
I write this person maybe one to three snail mail letter a year. She doesn't use internet or email or I would write more often. Each time I talk to her (about once or twice a year) she cries and tells me how much she appreciates my letters because it shows her that I care about her.
She needed a listening ear this morning. Someone to lend a "shoulder" to cry on. And when we were all done talking and ready to hang up she seemed much more composed, although we did not solve her troubles, she was feeling better about things.
It was a Divine Interruption. I am glad God reminded me of that and that I was able to pray and keep my attitude straight. I pray that what I had to say to her will be of some help to her somehow.
So often, I have my plans and things I want to do and accomplish, but God has other ideas. Also, many times when I sit down to write a snail mail letter, I wonder if it's really worth the effort when I almost never hear back from the person. But it is worth the effort when a long time down the road they do get back in contact and say how much they appreciated that I took the time to write. I wonder how many others there are that I send periodic snail mail notes to that I never hear from but if I only knew, my letter meant the world to them?
Snail mail, it is becoming a lost art, and those who don't use email perhaps are getting left out because no one has time anymore to write, address an evelope and find a stamp, take a run to the post office etc. What do you think?
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