direct connect

its funny. my dad has a nextel cell phone and i hate it. i mean, i absolutely hate it. its ugly, its annoying, its big, and its complicated. i try again and again to convince him that cingular is better, but he doesnt listen. but, i learned something from his phone today.
having the direct connect feature on his phone he can simply press a button and have a conversation with someone, almost like a walkie talkie. i cant do that with my phone. even though my phone is smaller, thinner, better looking, has more features, and is more expensive then his phone, i cant simply press a button and be directly connected to someone.
now lets imagine that my dad's nextel phone is a christian. and my cingular phone is someone who isnt a christian. and the "direct connect" feature... that's prayer. a direct line of communication between the christian and God. despite being a better looking phone with more features, no matter how hard it tries, the cingular phone cant "direct connect" to someone.
prayer is simple and yet complicated. in its simplest form, its communication between God and us. its amazing when you think about it, and for too many of us christians, it is something that we do not do enough.
so even though i hat my dad's phone, it reminded me of something that i should never take for granted. the power of prayer. the power of communication between me and my creator. how many times has God said to me, "can you hear me now?"