Shalom

 

For nearly a week I’ve been unable to reach my Mom in the usual way, by Skyping her telephone. Every attempt brings up the message: ‘Network connection too weak. Please try again later.’ But in fact, when I immediately Skype another phone number, like the reception desk at the assisted living home where Mom lives, I get a good connection.

I’ve asked the maintenance man to please check the battery in her phone, and that the receiver is on the cradle. Hopefully today I might get through.

We don’t always get the right diagnosis when something goes wrong. In this case, I guess it’s the wrong algorithms or AI or something digital which is mis-diagnosing the problem and sending the wrong message.

Proverbs 3 advises us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and don’t lean on our own understanding. My brain may use the wrong algorithms when I am confronted by reactions or behaviours that I don’t understand, and I can easily jump to the wrong conclusions. May God renew my inner ‘battery’ today, and open my spiritual ears so that I ponder things in my heart, led by God, rather than jump to wrong conclusions, blurting out harmful words without due consideration.

Grace and mercy foster love and peace. Shalom.