Trial and Solution

The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father’s God, and I will exalt Him.  Exodus 15:2

Yesterday was the first trial of the new telecommunications system at work, and both partners in the project and the vendor had everything ready on both ends and all went well with the implementation. 

If you have ever been involved with an IT or telecom changeover you know a sense of doubt and unbelief right now. You might even be scoffing, perhaps even spewing your beverage onto something. If you have not heard good news of this type before, you may be on the rooftops shouting your joy to the city as an IT project completed the first time. A letter will soon arrive telling you the time is not quite right and to get back to work. Sorry.

We had the first trial and hopes were high, but then it seems that something was incompatible and other things were not ready at all yet. There was that first euphoria and expectation, but the entire picture was not in sight for us. It would be a time of waiting for the solution to our problem, and the first trial was not the final outcome. Yet hope remains. We can look to the future with joy in our hearts, but we also must endure the present and its trials. Do I speak here of this telecom thing or of the Second Coming of our Lord? Well, both of course, and some folks will say that the Word of God is not relatable to modern life. Tsk, tsk, where are they looking? The valley of faith we must tread for this telecom thing may be shorter than our wait for the return of our Lord, or maybe it won't! 

Come Lord Jesus!

Bucky