A Spirit of Generosity

I had terrible, awful, unsolvable computer woes. I decided to do a major revision on my dog book, and all of a sudden, the word processor started doing horrific things. I could not figure how on earth to make it stop. And then, I wanted to get my google chat back, which I had not had since getting my new computer, and when I downloaded the program, a detestable virus hijacked my search bar! If you don't know what this means, I will make it simple: my computer stopped working the way it should and started working as though it were demon possessed.

This is what happens when someone with limited knowledge does things she has no business doing. Like thinking she knows more than God about how to run the world...let alone her computer.

And this is why I praise God every day for my friend Brian, who is a computer genius and besides his skill, is willing and generous with his time. I emailed Brian with something like this: HELP! IT IS AWFUL! IT IS TERRIBLE! I  HAVE RUINED NOT ONLY MY COMPUTER BUT LIKELY ALL MANKIND!!!! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!

Brian, within seconds, sent me a remote control request, which allows him to take control of my computer. While I sat and watched my computer screen, he worked his magic. Windows miraculously opened and closed, icons appeared and disappeared, control panels popped into view with instructions issued at the speed of light. Soon, a multitude of problems were solved and my computer was not only fixed, but better than new.

I felt as though a tornado had rushed across my screen, but instead of destruction, all was made new.

THIS is what heaven will be like.

We humans will make a total mess of Earth, even more than we have already done. Finally, God will decide He can stand it no more, and time is up. He will whisk in with some fairly nasty consequences to those who thought they knew better than He how to run the world. With massive strokes of mystical genius, He will create a new heaven and a new earth. The world as we know it will all pass away. There will be no more mourning, tears, darkness, or sin. We will all know God and our computers will no longer crash. But woe to all those who brought in malware and malicious viruses. They will be smote.

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Proverbs 1:24-33

Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

1 John 5:3-5 

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?