Do you recall your first experience with a cell phone? You just wanted someone to call you for others to know that you too had a cell phone! Do you recall that or it was just me! Then you wanted to call everyone at any time!

When the first bill came,for some reasons, you were not happy and with time, you have had to chose whom to call and leave out!. Calls that some of us are not always excited about are long distant calls or better still International calls. The reason being that more often than not,all you hear almost always causes high blood pressure-money,money—!

But there are some telephone calls that you receive and there after, you just want to tell everyone about it! Do you recall such experience!
Such calls even become more meaningful when you are or have been sick!

Since becoming sick, such calls have meant so much to me. Family, church members and friends have called to wish me a quick recovery. While each call has been a blessing, those from countries as far as Africa and Australia have had an added meaning!

What has even surprised me is calls from people that we have not met; friends that have come to know me through my Internet postings/sermons.

One such call came from Tanzania yesterday while I was a sleep. A dear sister called and left a message. In her message, she was concerned that she had not received any e-mail from me for almost a week and therefore wondered if all was well with me!

Unlike many that call from Africa, sister N decided to leave a message and what a difference it made in my life! All the way from Tanzania with agape love!

Of all my Internet brothers and sisters, sister N,has encouraged me the most! Every time, I post a message, she responds immediately by telling me how the message spoke to her heart. During my sickness, she sent e-mails encouraging me to hold on to my faith.

Sister N has no idea whatsoever of how her message ministered unto me! After her message , I found myself thinking of how many of us ignore or pay less attention to little acts of mercy!

But perhaps the greatest mistake that we all commit is when we ignore the still small voice from God that always tells us, “This is the way, follow yee it!”

I pray that the good Lord continue to bless sister N as she ministers unto others in her daily busy schedule! Hope that you and I will learn to emulate sister N! Indeed I am willing to. How about you!

Just a thought!

Pr Birai,
612-386-4608
www.themaranathasdachurch.org

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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Absalom Birai
Subject: Re:A telephone call that made a difference!