e-mail

I got a smart phone my sophomore year of college, because as a new member of a sorority I received on average 25 e-mails a day.  Then, I got involved and had leadership positions.  At the peak of my collegiate career, I got on average (yes, I calculated...I had to have some figures to sell my step-dad on the idea of paying extra for my phone plan.) 42 e-mails a day.  Excuse me? It was unbelievable.  By the end of my junior year, I wanted to smash my smart phone to smithereens, because it never stopped.  I constantly had an e-mail to reply to, or read.  I joked with my boyfriend that I was going to take up a career in professional e-mailing. Get my BEE if you will: Julianne Poe, Bachelors of E-mail Execution.

As I pondered how much time I spent e-mailing, and the figures I had calculated to put myself in a position to be able to receive these e-mails even though they eventually bugged the ever-loving daylights out of me, I thought about how often I put myself in a position to receive the Lord's messages.  I love Jesus Christ with all my heart, but how often to I sit down and calculate the benefits of MAKING opportunities in my life to receive His message.  His message is what I love, it can bug me sometimes when I have days it feels like a chore, but by the end I'm at peace.  How is it that we constantly put ourselves in a position to receive news we don't want than allowing ourselves the opportunity to receive the news we do?