I had the closing prayer at church tonight. I felt as though I messed it up. It started out good. I had alot of things which I wanted to say in it. The only problem was that in the middle of it, someone’s cell phone rang. I could hear it all the way from the pulpit. It distracted me enough to where I just ended my prayer then and there. I meant to mention the sick and all the other pertinent things, but the cell phone completely distracted me. So my prayer was much shorter than I had planned. ARGH!!!
This happens all the time. Someone’s cell phone goes off during church and everyone is distracted by it. I wish there was some type of electronic blocker of cell phone calls. It would seem to me that it has happened enough times that people would be very much aware of it to where they would be highly embarrassed if it happened. Somehow I think there’s some people who are frivolous about their Christianity who laugh it off and don’t do a thing to prevent it from happening again!
Maybe we need to get one of these things.