"Message received"

I was sitting in church the Sunday before Christmas and as part of the service, the pastor asked us to take a moment to silently pray for those serving in the military and for families that would have people away from them this year because they were serving.

Always a good idea, by the way.

So we bowed our heads and a hush filled the room for some 30 seconds. Then out of the stillness came a small, slightly tinny voice.

"Message received."

My first response was a quick grin that someone had been busted with their cell phone on in church.

But my next was amazement at the very tangible reminder. Prayer is really that simple: we pray, God gets the message. Done. And He starts to move.

Wow - "message received."