I took a month break from my phone and WiFi. I was looking for the peace of God outside of technology, outside of all worldly systems that can have input into my thoughts. I didn’t want an algorithm dictating and determining the thoughts and feelings I was having. I wanted to wash this world off of me and intercede for people to know their identity in Christ Jesus, specifically the LGBTQ+ community.

As someone with a disability, I am relegated to my physical limitations, so I have a tendency to push spiritual boundaries to explore the heavens for what God is saying.

Yesterday, my new cell phone arrived, and both the new one and the old one were not working. I had the opportunity to go offline once again and exist away from the world.

In my month of solitude, I didn’t have access to check my bank account. I didn’t let myself worry, because I was developing the core value that God provides for all of my needs according to His riches in glory. (Phillipians 4:19)

In those thirty plus days, I felt freedom to take a walk, read the books piling up, and explore the freedom that Christ died to give me.

The realization occurred to me that I had friends waiting to see me. I have a community that I am a part of where people love and champion me and pour goodness and mercy into my life. Going offline meant voiding myself of connection to what others think and feel. It’s important for me to know those things for myself, but none of us are meant to be alone.

It took about an hour to get my phone working. I spent the time chatting with the Verizon guy, Max, from India. He knew Jesus, and I got to share scripture and fellowship with him.

After feeling a warm and fuzzy Holy Spirit connection with him, he offered to lower my monthly bill. It occurred to me that that’s his job. On my end, I was trying to reconnect with the life Christ died to give me through friendships that are storing my treasure in heaven. Friends are my priceless treasures. (Matthew 6:19-21)

I realized that Max was friendly, and good at his job. He didn’t have to offer to lower my bill, but he did. In the exchange, we made an eternal connection. We are family in Christ. I might not talk to him in this life again, but that’s the thing. A moment of sharing Jesus deposits for eternity a connection of hearts that is timeless.

We all need community. We all need a place to steward heart connections we make for a moment or a lifetime. We have a choice to hide ourselves and and have no connection to the Vine that is Jesus. He’s the soul that unites us and the heart that cares for us. He is the Spirit who protects us.

When we prioritize our connection to Him in the secret place, He sets the algorithm of our hearts to His. We get the privilege of discovering Him in each other, and serving His vision that none should perish.

This world is big and vast, and we are part of the family of God. When we embrace the humility of our calling, and realize that Christ in us is the hope of glory, we can access that seamless connection with His heart.

I asked God what He wanted to do every day during that month. He often responded, “To love and be loved.”

Reader, I bless your day to know that you are not alone. You are loved more than you can ever know, and Jesus is your best friend! I love you.

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