My infusion pump pushes 0.6ml/hr of Blencyto into my vein every 19 minutes, 24/x7. It "trusts" that I'm connected, able to accept the push, and sounds an alarm if it's unable to push it to my vein.
(2 second mechanical push sound)
Friday night that trust was broken. (2 second mechanical push sound, pump starts squawking)
Saturday, at noon, that trust was established again. 19 minutes > a 2 second mechanical pump sound > 19 minutes > a 2 second mechanical push sound > repeat.
So... how's your connection with God, with your spouse, your community of friends, family and faith? Do you check in every 19 minutes? How often? Every relationship has a "healthy" interval and "unhealthy" interval. With people, unhealthy might be too short, e.g. dependence/enablement, like texting your spouse or friend every 6 minutes to check on them. Unhealthy - days or weeks. Some friend relationships are good with every few days or even weeks. You're probably connecting with good friends more often than not, whatever works well for the both of you. The big one, the vertical connection, e.g. you & God. How often? When do you start to get uncomfortable when you haven't checked in with God? Pray without ceasing, as Paul says. How does that even work? Our God throughout the Old Testament and New reminds us to remember. Jesus says many times, “It is said... which is a NT way of saying, “remember.””
(2 second mechanical push sound)
Is there an alarm sounding in your relationships?
Grace be upon you all,
Gary
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