Resources

Last night I unplugged my computers and printers, etc. because of the storm. This morning I went to put everything back like it was and tried to go online and couldn't.
Quick on the draw as I am I grabbed a paperclip and bent it (or unbent it...) to resolve the matter. "Reset the modem." I thought.

Seconds before I went poking around in the back of my modem the red light indicators started flashing and in a few more seconds they turned green. Thus, here I am blogging!

What have I learned?

I needed patience.
Resourcefulness comes second nature and I, for one, am very quick to "find a way fast". I may not have done any harm in this particular situation...but the solution was already on the way, so to speak. Pre-programmed, if you will. No need for my quick wit. Allowing the system time to come back online was more than likely a quicker fix than me resetting it.


Similar problems may have very different solutions.
As soon as I saw the problem I thought back to what I did some other time and thought "I know what to do." but that solution was for another problem. Same equipment, but still a different problem. Not this one.

This may sound silly, but Give God a Second!
Even today before you whip out your "paper clip" and go to your problems to fix them...pause. Pray. Is there something "pre-programmed" in God's mind that He wants to show you?

Look at what seems to be the same old issue with new eyes.
Chances are the issue has changed but you have not. Look again.

Also, it is a tragedy when we won't allow something (or someone) to be better because we are comfortable with it being broken. Sometimes it makes us feel good to provide temporary maintenance without permanent solutions. To feel needed or helpful.

Need me to clarify? The person who does not feel needed when people don't come to them with their problems. The person who doesn't have much to talk about when life is good for you but has lots to say otherwise. And Lord forbid the car repair person who makes work for themselves that was not there when you took your car in...I digress, but catch my drift?

Our resources are both earthly and heavenly. God has a part and so do we. For the person who prides his or herself on their own resourcefulness I challenge you to let God in the little things. Give Him a second. And then a minute...And so on, and so on. It is a great way to begin to see His providence in everything.

Enjoy your day!

Hungry Disciple
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