Tami and Electronics

Have you ever found yourself working on a computer and it just freezes up? Or maybe you’ve been away from it for a while, and you go back to start using your computer and it just doesn’t respond? In our family, it’s quite entertaining because that seems to be happening to Tami a lot over the past few weeks. I think she just has that magic touch that doesn’t get along with anything electronic.

The first time it happened, Tami called me very concerned that her computer had crashed and she had lost a lot of valuable documents and pictures. (Tami, back up your work…:)) So I go in and start looking at the computer and notice that it’s getting power but just won’t turn on. I don’t know a lot about computers, but through the years I’ve learned enough to try a few things. One of the first lessons I learned when working with computers is that when nothing is responding, you should restart the computer. Tami works off a laptop, so simply unplugging and plugging it back in would not be enough because it would continue to receive power from the battery inside the computer. I unplugged the computer and proceeded to take out the battery for a few seconds. When I put it back together, the computer started right up and the problem was solved.

Monday, Tami called me at the office and the same problem was happening again. I told her that to correct the problem she needed to do what I did last time. The problem was that she didn’t pay attention to what I was doing. I explained the steps she had to take and it took her a few minutes to figure out how to get the battery out, but once she did the computer worked fine.

That got me thinking about life. So many people are going through life feeling like they are stuck and nothing is happening. Anything they try doesn’t seem to work and they just don’t know what to do. That is why Jesus came to earth. He gave His very life so that we could, in computer language, reboot. Christ gives us the opportunity to start all over again with a clean slate. I may not be very technological, but I understand what it means to be able to start all over again, and I’m rejoicing that my past is forgiven and forgotten. And just as I was able to teach Tami how to reset her computer, I’m excited that I’ve been given the privilege of sharing the message of Jesus Christ with others.