Bad Connection

It’s been a frustrating day. My job revolves around being on the Internet. Today however, the internet service in my small town has been down almost all day. It’s disrupted my routine, irritated me and caused me to get behind on some of my assigned work. At first I was concerned that maybe my connection was interrupted because of a loose wire, but after checking to be sure everything was hooked up properly and making a quick call to my internet provider, I was informed the problem was on their end.

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A Word Fitly Spoken

A pastor's wife shared with me an excellent illustration.  She suggested I take a tube of toothpaste, and squeeze out all of the toothpaste. Then, she asked me to try to put the toothpaste back into the tube. No matter how I stuffed and crammed and coerced the paste, it was almost impossible to fill the tube back up. Then she said this is just like our words, they might come out of our mouth effortlessly, but trying to get them back is futile. What an illustration!
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Delete and Undo

We discovered a great new free computer program to retrieve data that was deleted by mistake.  It's almost like the "easy" button that one office supply store sells, only it is the "undo" button.  This program allowed me to retrieve some precious photos that were deleted by mistake when my computer hard drive died.  I thought these photos were gone forever, so you can imagine my joy when they returned to my computer screen, good as new.  I'm grateful for that program, but it made me think of other things I wish I could undo.

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Advertising Jesus

My husband and I recently placed a For Sale sign in our front yard.  We’ve spiffed up the yard by planting flowers and mulching the flower beds.  We’ve touched up paint, replaced flooring, and switched out light fixtures.  We are sprucing up the place.  It’s been our experience homes sell more quickly if they are staged, so we light a candle, set the table, play some music, and do our best to appeal to all five senses when perspective buyers enter our home.  We have something valuable that we want others to appreciate and be interested in.

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Getting Out of Here

I once had a dear friend named Ruth, who in her late 80’s sat enjoying a grilled steak one day, when she heard a radio announcer declare that barbecued meat wasn’t good for you. She stopped her beef-laden fork midway between her plate and her lips, paused for a moment in reflection, then shrugged her shoulders and said, “Oh well, I’ve got to get out of here somehow,” and popped the meat into her mouth and chewed with obvious delight.

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