I remember watching the 1995 movie, Clueless, with my, then twelve year old daughter. It was entertaining with valley girls, valley talk and cell phones.
I laughed when I saw students on phones during class. I thought, "Whatever!" It was ridiculous to think of a phone fitting in a purse. More absurd was the idea of a cell phone in the classroom. Ha! Well, the laugh was on me. I have chuckled to myself when I have walked in the halls during school, noticing students texting/calling each other on colorful cell phones. Of course,phones are quickly slipped into purses and bags before being 'caught'. I have been justifiably guilty for having my cell phone in class (when my son was in Iraq). A music professor told me how he counted over a hundred cell phones in his class in one day. Needless to say, we're living in a cell phone society. I can't imagine being without mine. It is my lifeline to family and friends. It fits nicely in my pocket and purse. It serves multiple purposes - texting, navigating, saving addresses, taking pictures. It is great to have in an emergency. It is unbelievable! My cell phone, my friend.
However, the first place I go in an emergency is not my cell phone. Our modern technology isn't powerful enough to meet my needs. It is outdated, compared to the Almighty God I serve. I go to the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is El Shaddai, Jehovah Jireh and so much more. I don't have to text Him or save Him in my contacts list. I don't even have to keep Him on speed dial. I have auto answer because He always hears me. He not only saves my messages, He writes on the tablet of my heart. I have a High Tower. I have a signal at all times. He is the Way the Truth and the Life. He is Jesus. He is my answer. He is my Friend who sticks closer than a brother. He is my Navigator Who shows me the way. He is my Abba Father. He is more than enough to get me through any situation at any time.
'Got a cell phone? 'Got Jesus?
