Signs of Failure

Good early morning! A sprinkler head broke over at the school. Ever try to sleep to the sound of a deluge? I got up and did my morning walk at 0300, and left a little blue flag to mark the sprinkler in need of repair. I didn't particularly appreciate the sprinkler's buddy hosing down my leg in return for my good deed, but that is the way of this world. Speaking of failures, after two years my coffee maker is showing signs of wearing out. The coffee just doesn't come out as hot as it once did. Maybe the vinegar treatment will help. Signs of failure warn us before the event occurs. Unfortunately, if we look closely enough at all of man's inventions, the signs of failure surround us. Often the best we can do is maintain the equipment in working order, so easily does the newness fade. That's the pessimistic view for this morning.

The other view shows an amazing inventiveness and industry. We may want to give God a "Hallelujah!" for all that man makes each day. Airplanes fly, and they do it well and more safely than some other forms of transportation. Autos allow us a greater range of movement in a given day, and for the most part the trips are safely taken. A few hundred years ago, any peasant would have called us loony for claiming to travel five hundred miles in a day. Yet, for us such a distance is commonplace in our world.

Yes, we can look at the signs of failure in all of these machines and constructs, but we can also give God the glory for creating us and the things we can make and invent together. God's creature is quite creative in so many wonderful ways. We are obviously made in the Creator's image. We also work to maintain many things, much like Adam tended the Garden of Eden. So, why don't we give God a rousing hallelujah when that trucker comes into town on the Jake brake waking up half the county? Well.. there's this thing called sin, and it causes a whole lot of folks to forget that golden rule Jesus gave us for using those wonderful machines responsibly.

Have a praising day in Christ Jesus!
Bucky