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Dear Shiloh Family,

I had just pulled out of Anita’s driveway on Fricks Lane, and it took about 10 minutes to arrive at my home. Actually, it was 9 minutes and 48 seconds; but it seemed like an hour because I could hardly wait to get to a phone so I could talk to her again.

Now, Millennials have no idea what I’m talking about. They are all wondering why I didn’t just pop open the old flip phone. However, Gen X and Baby Boomers know exactly what’s on the line (pun intended). My mind reverts to the first pedestal phone I installed in my company truck, and then moved uptown and bought “the brick”. I was really talking turkey. How did we ever survive?

As I write this episode of the “saga” as some of you refer, over 100,000 cell phone customers are without service. The service provider, of whose name I refrain from mentioning (it starts with a V and rhymes with horizon), says they are working on it. They tell us we can leave a message to report the outage if we are experiencing problems. Hmmm! At any rate, I have no idea where my wife is, what we are having for dinner, if she has to clean the funeral home, what she thinks about the weather, or report my pitiful day. I have the sudden urge to call people I haven’t spoken with in months. I wanted to order Door Dash…which I’ve never done. My, oh my, how we are controlled by the electronic leash. Can you hear me now? 

Psalm 121:1-4 I will lift up my eyes to the hills - From whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. NKJV

It is devastating when we lose connection with the world, but I am here to tell you that when we get connected to our Heavenly Father via His precious Son, Jesus Christ, we are permanently linked in. Consequently, the blood line never experiences disconnection nor interruption. No squirrel, lightning strike, ice storm or fallen tree, or satanic terrorist attack will separate us from His care. Aren’t you glad the Good, Good, Father is always on the line, even when we are not, and that the blood will never lose its power. 

Romans 8:38-39: 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. NKJV
 
When we are having trouble getting in touch with God, we need only to check the connection on our side of the line. He hasn’t changed. 

God bless you all,
Pastor Derrell