Sometimes I cringe when I see caller ID. Yes, I love my friend, but sometimes I brace myself for what's coming.
"How are you?"
"Fine," I say hesitantly, "How are you?" Oh, did I REALLY ask that?
The barrage of words, complaints, "prayer request" begins.
After we finally hang up, probably because she arrived at work and has successfully passed the half-hour drive, I realize that she was not interested in anything in my life. I ask, "what kind of friendship is that?" "What do we really have in common?"
Then I think of my relationship with God. Do I really care about His desires and purposes? Is my time with Him a barrage of words, complaints, and prayer requests? Did I stop to listen? Was it a two-way conversation? Do I say to Him with my self-focused prayers and overly busy schedule: "Lord, I'm not interested in You."
Even so, I don't think God cringes when he sees my name on "Caller ID". He patiently listens and finds His own ways to interrupt me and teach me, just like today when he showed me how my friendship with Him is often like the one I have just complained to Him about!
