Daily Devotion - Monday, January 16

Can You Hear Me Now?

“How long, O Lord?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?”
--An ancient Hebrew song (Psalm 13:1)

NOTE: The series of commercials, “Can You Hear Me Now?” developed by Verizon Wireless was quite memorable. This week we dare to explore that question as we look at another wireless connection.

Some years ago, Dan Rather interviewed Mother Teresa. My paraphrase of that interview follows:

Rather: “So what do you say when you pray to God?”
Mother Teresa: “Nothing, I just listen.”

Struggling quickly to come up with the next question, probably believing that the answer would be longer,

Rather: “Well, what does God say to you?”
Mother Teresa: “Nothing. He just listens too!”

The Psalmist was feeling silence from the Divine and could keep quiet no longer. The three quick questions that begin this devotional seem to cry out, “Can you hear me now?”

Sometimes prayer is like that.

--Ben Keckler
01.16.12