Call Box Prayers*

Someone reminded me that God is like a Call Box.  When I feel stressed, afraid, lost, alone, forlorn, God is here for me.  Call boxes are those phones that are, or used to be, on highways, especially in more remote places, like mountain passes.  You can call for help.  If we get too panicky we might not notice a call box along the road.  We tend to forget or not notice that God is with us on our spiritual journey.  The Third Step Prayer of the Twelves Steps in Recovery Programs asks that God relieve us of our difficulties so that we can be of use to others.  There is a lot of trust in such a prayer.  When we feel lost we can be found.  Most of our prayers are really call box prayers, especially when we feel in really dark places, the tunnels of life when we see no way out.  God, the Call Box, is there with us.