When there isn't time for "coffee"...
Perhaps my most favorite time in the world is when I sit down with a friend for coffee, or tea, or breakfast, lunch, dinner, mid morning snack, pie, ice cream... well, you get the idea. There is nothing like an hour of uninterrupted, distraction free time with someone you love, right? However life is much too busy to stop for coffee as often as I'd wish so there's always the ability to make a phone call - or send an email - or, when everyone and everything is spinning like a whirling dervish, a text. There are ways to stay connected until there is again time for "coffee". I can't help but wonder if a little bit of this idea is germane to I Thessalonians 5:17 where we are told to "Pray without ceasing". Could this also really just be saying "stay connected"? There are times and seasons where I have the opportunity to really settle into good conversation with the Lord, and then there are others where I'm meeting myself coming and ...