Good Wednesday! Working on a PC last night, I felt the sting of temporary defeat. Computer malware and nagware is getting clever and digging deeper into the operating system. Of course, this is modeled on that oldest of problems, sin. All it takes is that first visit to the forbidden tree, then a simple 'yes' to the wrong thing, and next thing you know, sin is dug in so deeply that special weapons and tactics are required to blast it out. I'm trying to avoid going all geek on this one, but there are so many parallels that it may be tough. One program file I could not remove. And, I fear that going online with that one intact may bring back more of the stuff, kind of like that evil spirit that goes out into the desert and finds seven of its buddies to bring back to the swept house.
These days we can think of Eve as that first poor computer user who clicked on the blinking button at GetFreeBillions.com and let loose the whole raft of computer viruses and malware. Eve knew that she was disobeying God, but she probably could not imagine the consequences. We can lay some blame, but then we are no better than our hero, Adam, with his first finger pointing, "She done it!" Before God even asked that question about hiding in the bushes, sin had dug into Adam and caused the first blaming. In the same way, the first person to bring me the PC to fix usually denies responsibility and then blames the spouse or children for the infestation. Wherever the blame may lie, the problem needs fixin' and Jesus was the one to do it for sin. Now, I just hope that computer malware does not require crosses and tombs before I can fix it.
Have a better day in Christ!Bucky
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