"It's Jesus on the phone"

Recently my daughter and I were in our adoration chapel. I did not have her normal bag of goodies to keep her occupied so I could pray a few minutes so I did the next best thing and took out things from my purse. Like any other Catholic mom I have a half dozen prayer cards and booklets in my purse so I gave her the closest one. She ended up holding a Divine Mercy card was very pleased about this. At one point she decided to use that as her personal phone. It made me chuckle in that there she was putting Jesus literally up to her ear and babbling/chatting with Him. But then I paused.

I realized that though she was pretending to use the card as a phone, she was making a bigger point for me. Christ is always calling us, but there are times that my own weaknesses and sinfulness blocks the line to hear his voice being whispered in my ear. Or I simply neglect the adequate intentional action of bringing the "phone" to my ear through a rushed prayer or wandering mind prayer. What if we took an extra minute to be intentional with what we are saying in our prayer? What if we denied that initial inclination to fall into that weakness or sin and instead choose to lean into Christ? I wonder if we would be able to get a more clear perspective and truly hear His voice to learn more of who He is and what we are called to do.

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Lord, 
You are always calling me and drawing me closer to you. Help me to pick up the "phone" and listen to what you need me to hear. Thank you Lord for choosing me and calling me despite my failings, weaknesses, and sinfulness!
Amen.

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Simply a little pencil in God's hand,

Elizabeth