Musings in Search of a Muse

Update on my post from 08/14: The adverts from the top of my Blog have disappeared entirely. Now there's a link to go to the "next Blog" that takes you to someone else's posts.

The real reason of this post is to let you know that prayers are answered. I had vacuumed the keyboard of my laptop only to find that the /?+ key disappeared. Not knowing any better, I tried to fix it after finding the missing piece in the vac bag. It took me a while to figure out the mechanics of it, though a younger me might have taken less time. But a younger me wouldn't have asked God for patience when the final assembly didn't work. The Lord gave me patience when I asked and the insight to look in the vac bag for any other missing pieces. Well, the final assembly wasn't so final, I guess, as I found a rubber springy part that I needed. Poof! It worked. Praise the Lord, even if it was a little prayer.

I'm not going to ask the Lord for a new laptop, even though one of my first thoughts was Great! Here's an excuse to buy a new laptop! I don't like asking God for anything for myself. He knows my needs and can tell better than I which are things that I genuinely require versus which simply come from desire so I trust that He will grant me those which best suit His plans. The Bible tells us it's okay to pray for ourselves but I still feel selfish doing so.

Being selfish seldom pays. Look at the US men's Olympic basketball team for example. The sports guys at work were talking about the drubbing they got from what was supposed to be an easy team to beat, Puerto Rico. The best comment was that the team is full of hot shots (though not A-list NBA players) but there was only one ball on the court. Didn't they watch the movie Miracle? Unless you are competing in some sort of individual event, then a team will only succeed if everyone works together.

I guess we all have lessons to learn. That's why we have the Bible, God's instruction book to Man.