In Need of a Reboot

Wow. My desire to write has about driven me insane for the fact that I haven’t sat and made time to jot down what’s all been in my heart! This morning, I had this huge burden on my heart… the desire for a “reboot”. Have you ever had that thought? Let me explain… Microsoft. Wonderful Microsoft. What would we do without Windows and the Ctrl+Alt+Del feature? You’re on the computer… you click on a few different things, you have a bajillion and one windows open and trying to operate at least 6 programs AND check your e-mail online and all of a sudden all you’re getting is a twirling hour glass… you watch as it goes round and pauses, round and pauses, round and pauses. You click on a window you have minimized and much to your NOT surprise, nothing changes. Your screens are frozen in place, your clock now shows the time it was 6 minutes ago, and still your hour glass is going round – and round – and round. What do you do? When Ctrl-Alt-Del gives you no response, you do what every computer-savvy hates to see – you hold the power button on your computer down until *beep* it shuts off. You wait 10 seconds, press the power button and *whhhhhhrrrl* you hear the wheels start turning as you reboot your system. You are greeted by the beautiful wallpaper you’ve set, no windows, no bogged-down programs, no hour glass twirling… and look! Your clock even has the correct time!!!! How many times in my life do I wish for a reboot. I get so caught up in the things of this world…my clock gets to lagging, I’m late *again*, the need to rush has completely stolen my joy, I have no zeal or zest for many things, including the word of God – I push all that is important to the side in an effort to get in the rat-race of life; I snap at my husband, I snap at my daughter – wow, I even snap at my friends and family, when all they are trying to do is calm me down by hitting a little Ctrl+Alt+Del and “End Task” a few unnecessaries in my life…. Yet what do I do? I refuse to respond to the command, I don’t even let them near my Task Manager – I give them my twirling hour glass…round -and round – and round……all the while, no progress is made ANYWHERE!!! Not at work, not at church, not in my Spirit, and my ministries suffer just the same. I pray that when you are feeling bogged down, you listen to those around you – listen to the messages your Pastor preaches, the words your friends, and mentors have to say – they may just be trying to hit those three little all-too-important buttons that can eliminate a few of the unnecessary processes that are bogging your system down. Thank you Lord, for my cold reboot this morning; I need times like that to realize that YOU are my power supply. Without you, my life does not exist. Dec. 9th 2008