CAN'T WAIT TO RECONNECT

We just got back this evening from visiting family in Wisconsin.  It was a wonderful trip.  The weather was GORGEOUS (Let's just say that I'm still a Wisconsin boy when it comes to weather.  When we left Indy on Tuesday morning at 9:00a it was already 79 degrees; when we pulled into my hometown, it was peaking at 61 degrees.);  the visiting with family was great; the 65th wedding anniversary celebration was very nice.  All in all, it was a great trip.

The last time I was back home was in January when my grandmother turned 100 years old, but before that it had been over two years since my last visit.  There were a lot of people and relatives to see, things to do, and favorite foods to eat.  A lot of good things happened.  However, something also happened that was not-so-good (Heidi may disagree with this because of my slight addiction to technology).  I had no connection to the internet!  (Click here to see how I felt about that.)  My parents had a weak connection on their computer but that was not what I was used to and it really frustrated me when I would constantly be kicked off.  I couldn't even "borrow" someone else's wireless--there was nothing out there and that was how it was at both sets of parents' homes.

And that got me thinking...how often do we lose our connection with God?  And when we lose that connection, do we get upset about it?  Do we continuously try over and over again to find a way to get connected?  Or do we simply move on to other things like it's not a big deal?

All too often in this world of technology, we spend too much time in communication with people who really have no impact on our lives and spend absolutely no time with our God who has impacted us so greatly.  We haven't talked to them since graduation, but we spend hours asking old friends from high school to help build our farms in Farmvile but spend no time asking our Savior to build our character and lives into one that resembles His.

I was able to send and receive a few emails through my phone, but even that connection was bad.  I was able transfer a few of my old blogs to this new one.  I was able to make a few phone calls and read some text messages.  But overall, my communication with the outside world was very poor.  I couldn't wait to get back home so that I could get reconnected.

For those of you waiting for replies, my apologies for not getting back to you; they will be coming in the near future.  In the meantime, while you wait for me to reconnect with you, spend some time with the Lord...He can't wait to reconnect.