The Phone Line Stays Open by Doug Fincher

Men will give account of every careless word they have spoken….” Matt. 12:36

September 25, 2017 - When we arrived home after Sunday morning’s church service, I was really shocked by a call from my daughter in New York. “Dad, what did you mean by your call this morning?” she asked. When I said I hadn’t called her, she began telling me about the sermon I’d just preached. “And you all sang Hymn No. 124 for the Invitation.” “I heard it all”.

I felt the hair on my head move a little when I realized she’d actually heard our morning service. Then Pam asked, “Where’s our cell phone?” “In my coat pocket…why?” “Well, you must have leaned against the speed dial while you were preaching and called Caralee.” “Boy, I’m glad it was a sermon she heard instead of something else”, I sighed. “What if the whole world could hear everything we say?” Pam added. “A lot of us would be in hot water, wouldn’t we?”

But even though she reprogrammed the phone, we’re still not out of the woods. We’ll always have to be careful about what we say and think.

God’s line is always open!