I lost my wallet today. Therefore I had to contact credit card companies, banks, and government offices to report the lost cards. Some of these contacts went easy and some not quite so smooth. One credit card company had an automated phone response system. So I faced a long series of menu choices that seemed to repeat themselves endlessly. On the other hand, another company let me do the same thing online with just a click of a button. Oddly, replacing my driver’s license was just as easy.
Isn’t it funny how we make communication so hard sometimes. We worry about personal reactions to the things we say and often stumble over words. We say one thing and the listener hears another.
Our communication with God is not so complicated. He has made it easy. Hebrews 10:19-22 says, “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a pure heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” Jesus provides the way to talk to a holy God.
Reluctant Retiree 