Ummm...Hellur...Do you hear me?

Maybe it's not the greatest movie in the world, but one of my favorites is Madea's Family Reunion. I'm a "one liner" type person and if I come across a movie that is full of one liners it quickly becomes a favorite of mine. In this movie, Tyler Perry takes on the character of a Georgia woman named Madea and this woman is willing to take in anyone, help anyone and beat up anyone! haha I guess you would have to just watch the movie yourself to actually see the humor I see but throughout this movie Madea doesn't say "hello" she says "hellur" and let me tell you it just cracks me up every time I hear it!

I feel like I scream "hellur" alot to the folks that live in my house. I talk and it seems like no one hears me. "Take the trash out!"...no response. "Put those clothes in the dryer!"...silence. "Did you put gas in the car?"...nothing. Ummm...HELLUR...DO YOU HEAR ME?

I find myself getting more and more aggravated as the days goes by when my family can't seem to hear me. I begin to notice that other people can't hear me either. My boss...oh don't even get me started on that! haha Co-workers, the lady who let the elevator door shut in my face while I yelled "HOLD IT!", and then there is that crazy driver in front of me who is talking on her cell phone and going 20 miles an hour...guess what?...she can't hear me either!

I feel as though I am standing in a crowded room screaming at the top of my lungs while no one...not even the mouse running around can hear me. I feel invisible, lonely, unimportant! I have noticed that when I begin to feel this way with the world I also begin to feel as though maybe God can't hear me either. I wonder why on earth would He listen to me when I can't even get my husband and children to hear me! Have you ever felt like that?

Listen, my friend, He hears us. When no one else hears...He does! 1 John 5:14 says "...we are confident that he hears us..." (NLT) and don't forget Zechariah 13:9 says "...They will call on my name, and I will answer them..." (NLT), but my favorite is Psalm 4:3 "...The Lord will answer when I call to him." (NLT). Now, I'm not expecting all honey and no bees (in the words of Bro. John), but sometimes I just yearn for someone to hear me...actually HEAR me and guess what? He delivers every time! Sometimes He may answer me with "wait" and other times His answer may be "no," but more times than not I just want to talk to Him...I just want to be heard and when everyone else around isn't listening I find peace in knowing that the only one that really matters...He hears me!