"Great is our Lord, and of great power:
His understanding is infinite."
- Psalms 147:5

Please pray for me.

I have been trying to teach my mother to use a computer! ;-)

My mom's idea of a mouse is a little furry creature that eats cheese.  Windows are something she cleans on Tuesdays.  And surfing the net invokes ideas of a day at the beach.

In other words, she doesn't know a thing about computers.

But, that's ok.  She spent many a day teaching me things about life and, most importantly, about eternal life.  The least I can do is afford her a few hours of computer training.   I love my mom very much and actually had a fun time today showing her "the basics."

The thirty minute training (we were both pressed for time) covered basic operations, from starting the computer to logging on to the internet, to sending email to exploring a wonderful site on the internet, Living4Jesus.com ;-) 

That's a lot to cram into half an hour!

We finished the tutorial and I began to explain to her how to shutdown the computer.  My exact instructions were...

..."First, click on the 'Start' button in the lower left hand corner of your computer."

"But, you said we were going to quit," mom replied.

"Yes, I know.  Click on the 'Start' button in the lower left hand corner."

"Huh?  Are you sure?  That doesn't make sense.  I want to quit and you say click 'Start.'"

My response?  "Trust me.  I've been doing this a long time.  I know what I'm doing."

You see, as most of you know, the "shutdown" function is accessible by clicking on the "Start" button in Windows 95 and Windows 98 computers.  I knew this, but my mom didn't.  And, she's right.  It doesn't make sense when you think about it...click  Start to quit?

You know, sometimes we interact with God somewhat like that.  In fact, a lot like that...

Take for instance, when God tells us to do something that just doesn't make sense to us.  You know, when He tells us to do something that, to our minds, seems backwards.  How do we respond?

"Huh?  Are you sure?  That doesn't make sense."

Maybe this morning you are facing one of those times.  Perhaps the Lord has instructed you to give something that seems like it is too great to give.  Or, maybe He has laid upon your heart to witness to someone that seems unreachable.  

I don't know, but maybe the Lord is asking you to step out in faith this morning to do something that seems illogical to you.

Maybe you are like I become sometimes when my faith gets a little weak, and you would say to God...

"Huh?  Are you sure?  That doesn't make sense."

Know what God would say to you?

"Trust me.  I've been doing this a long time.  I know what I'm doing."

My friend, that's His way of saying, "click on that start button this morning!"