Yesterday as many know I turned 44 and it was a great day...I celebrated a home Eucharist, had a Bible Study on Genesis 18, went to the local senior center and called their bingo game, came home and had dinner with my girls (ribs!)...
But all day long I had a Pavlovian Reaction to the little bell dinging on my iPhone...
If you have forgotten or never heard, Pavlov ran an experiment in which dogs were conditioned to expect a treat when a certain bell was rung. He measured the amount of saliva excreted when the condition occurred, showing a automated conditioned response to a stimulus. The dog heard the bell, they expected a treat, they drooled.
So this happened to me all day long yesterday as my iPhone bell dinged and dinged telling me I had another post on my Facebook Wall. I spiritually salivated as I was filled with the love of Christ as message after message came through blessing me and loving me.
Ding, He loves me! Ding, He love me! Ding, He loves me!
Now I know first hand that God's love is not conditional and is upon me even when my spiritual iPhone bell is silent...but we are called to make each other drool for the love of God in this life... why? "He died for us, so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him."...
Therefore~
"encourage one another and build each other up just as you are doing"...
who has posted on you wall, who's wall do you need to post on? Who do you see that needs to have their bell rung?
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