So as a human being I assume all of you have probably...

met someone new?

or spoken to an adult?

or taken a phone call?

or interacted with another human being?

If not, just play along.

I have indeed done all of these things, probably this week even.

Now backtrack for a quick fact about myself, I consider my voice to be relatively deep for a gal, especially when I am around other people of the same sex as myself.

Although when I do these things something in my throat/esophagus region decides to play a game. It's like it whispers to everything in my body that works to create the words coming out of my mouth, “Hey guys I know we have gotten kind of bored speaking at this octave so I am thinking it would be great fun if we raised it about fifteen times”, and then when I speak in any of the top situations my voice sounds somewhere near where you think a mouse’s would be when you inhale helium.

So, it is great.

It especially acts up on the phone. One time I had to call a store to check to see if they had a certain size in this shirt I was looking for, rookie mistake, and this happened and after about 3-4 minutes of me describing the shirt the worker on the other side said, “Sweetie could you give the phone to your Mom so I can talk to an adult about this”.

I was 18 years old.

So, apparently my voice was so high when I called that I had been confused for someone who had not undergone puberty or at least was around 14 years old.

Now I am not going to lie all of those situations make me just a tad nervous. I do not like shaking people’s hands because I believe I have a poor handshake. I walk around when I talk on the phone because otherwise I would probably combust. I find myself always trying to act more mature around adults or in a way they will approve of. So, honestly is not that big of a surprise that my body reacts in this way.

It seems silly because these new people I am meeting will not be new for long and talking on the phone should not be as hard or awkward as it is because it has even less pressure than face to face. It is also silly to be tentative of approaching God.

In Ephesians 3 it talks about approaching God with "boldness" and "confidence". Though, a lot of the time, I find myself coming to God head down and voice high because I am afraid or unsure of what will happen.

Before that verse telling us to approach God boldly we are called servants to Him. Usually servants would be in a position with their master that I described, nervous and afraid to come to them with anything. But with God, those roles are disregarded. We are called to Him as servants but also friends.

So my voice settles down into its normal tone and carries on a relaxed conversation, knowing I am indeed in the company of a friend.