If you’re like me the thrill of going to the mailbox every day has lost its luster.  As a child there was always this little hope that I might get something in the mail.  Even when I moved in to my very first house there was the excitment of finding mail for me at my house.  Now it’s a matter of weeding through all the impersonal appeals and the vague promises that the junk mail can offer.  I still enjoy the personal correspondence though.  Sometimes the mail’s too slow, so I chat with friends by phone or through email and texting.  Even then nothing beats a personal conversation.  For me the more important the messsage the more “in person” I want to be.

The author to the Book of Hebrews starts his letter by saying:

In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, ….. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being,  (Hebrews 1:1-3) NIV

 The author says that previously He spoke “in various ways” but now He speaks to us by His Son, the very manifestation of who He is.  I’m amazed by the knowledge that God felt His message of love was important enough that He came “in person.” The challenge so often is, are we listening?

When is the last time you spoke with Him?  A lot of time our chats with God end up sounding like email spam.  We have to remember He’s not a computer answering service or some impersonal telemarketer on the other side of the line, but rather Jesus is the “exact representation of His being.”  Maybe it’s time that we scheduled some face to face time and listen to what He may have to say to us.  I can guarentee it’ll be better than anything you get in the mail today.