Sometimes I feel like an interruption,
and then I want to shrink
back into my shell
and never come out again.
I want to walk away and say,
“I’m sorry I took your time.”

Being an interruption hurts.
It tells me
something is more important than I am.
It tells me
to hurry up and move along.
It tells me
you are looking but you don’t see me.
It tells me
you are listening but you don’t hear me.
And so I move along.

But God says,
“Don’t hurry away.
Stick around.
Tell me how it is with you.
Tell me what you’re feeling right this minute.
Tell me why you feel that way.
I want to know you.
You count with me.
I care about you.
Tell me what I can do for you.”
And I go away feeling
God was glad I called.     By Ruth Senter

Think of a time when YOU felt YOU were an interruption. How did YOU feel? How did YOU handle it? Think of a time when YOU were not an interruption to God.

My Commentary:

This reflection gives voice to a quiet wound many people carry — the fear of being a burden, of arriving uninvited into someone else’s urgency. To feel like an interruption is to feel diminished, as though our presence must be justified or rushed, as though our story must be trimmed to fit someone else’s schedule. When that happens often enough, we learn to retreat. We apologize for existing. We move along before anyone asks us to stay.

What makes this piece so tender is the turn it takes. The world may signal, in countless subtle ways, hurry up, move on, don’t take too much time. But God speaks an entirely different language. God does not experience us as an interruption. God experiences us as a relationship.

“Stick around.” Those words reverse the damage. They tell us that attention is not scarce in God’s presence. Time is not rationed. Listening is not impatient. God invites honesty, not efficiency. Feelings are not inconveniences. They are doorways into being known.

The final line — God was glad I called — is quietly revolutionary. It reframes prayer not as duty or desperation, but as welcome. It reminds us that we never have to earn God’s interest. We already count. We are already seen. And in a world that often rushes past us, God is the One who is never in a hurry to move on.

GOD IS ALWAYS WITH YOU…..YOU JUST NEED TO PAY ATTENTION!!

Please share today’s message with someone who goes to your church.