Like many of you, I spend a lot of time on the computer. We find our way around the computer screen by "pointing and clicking" our mouse. It is a fast and effective way to identify the next action to take and then to make a choice or choose a direction. When we click the mouse to make a selection, it leads to another set of choices, and on-and-on until we find a destination to read or work from. It seems a lot like the way we move through life. Each day we scan the screen of our day and "click" to make a decision. This leads to another set of choices and we click again. Each time we click, we leave some options behind and open up new ones. Fortunately, with the computer you can hit the "Back" key if you've made a mistake and you can return to your previous screen. Life isn't generally like that. You can't go back to the point before an important choice and act as if it never happened. That's because we're changed by our choices and we can't undo the change very easily. Sometimes when you're unsure of your next step on the computer you can pull up a menu that shows all the choices for a given program. You can read the menu before you make your selection and avoid wasting time. Similarly, it can be wise to step back and look at the site map of our life choices before "clicking" on a major decision. It can be useful to "Google" for background information, too. Unfortunately, it's also easy to get distracted on the computer screen and start clicking on unrelated or irrelevant choices. Distraction is also a challenge in our life choices. It's good to remember that the Lord has a path He wants us to "point and click" to follow.
Psalm 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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