Blocked messages

A couple of days ago, I texted my son to see when he'd need to be picked up from an Eagle Court of Honor. I got no response back. So about 15 to 20 minutes later, I finally called, thinking they had to be done by then. He said he'd sent me two text messages. I never got them.

Two days later, and I still couldn't get text messages from my son. He could call me, but not text me. I could get text messages from others, and he could successfully text others, but he couldn't text me.

I finally found the problem. Somehow, not quite sure how, his number was blocked from sending me texts in the messaging settings. I fixed it, naturally, and now my son can text me again. At least it was an easy fix.

I realized afterward that there was a gospel lesson in this. Sometimes we do this kind of thing to our communications with the Lord. It isn't that He's not sending us messages, but through our choices we can unintentionally "block" Him from getting through to us, without our even realizing it. Then we think that He doesn't care about us because we think He isn't communicating with us. In reality, He cares so much more than we can even begin to comprehend. However, He doesn't trample on our freedom to choose, and we have to choose to let His messages and His love come through to us. We can block them, or we can correct the problems on our end so they'll come through.