This is my first effort at blogging on my new computer.  It is actually a new computer for the church but it is the one in my office.  It's been a long two days around here.  There are still many details to be ironed out as we go forward.  Everything about this system is unfamiliar to me.  I liken it to Fred Flintstone being dropped in the middle of the Jetsons.  I knew this would be a challenge but no one could expect all of the changes involved.  Right now the screen looks very peculiar to me.  It is like looking at a new planet for the first time.  Perhaps this sounds far too much like complaining but that is not my intent.  No doubt it is me who was behind the times with technology.  No one knows this better than me.  Someday this will all seem normal but we just aren't quite at that day yet.  


One thing is to be sure about.  The quality of writing probably will not improve greatly just because the equipment is new.  That still comes down to spending time thinking about topics of all kinds.  Maybe there is a chance these changes will offer more than a few ideas before they run dry.  You can pick and choose about what all of this means.  One can write about how far behind we can fall in keeping up with what is essential these days.  You can talk about the affect that radical change has on a person.  Another idea is simply all of the effort required to bring about such an achievement.  Our list can go on into eternity.  Writing is not about the technology but the heart and mind.  That one will never change.


I admit to feeling some anxiety about all of this.  Upheaval is never comfortable.  That is where we can all agree no matter the reason.  Fear is the same whether from natural calamity to learning new skills to God being active in our midst.  Fear itself is not the problem.  That is a very human response to our world around us.  What gets us in a bind is how we process that fear into actions or attitudes.  Anger is the most common of responses.  We tend to lash out blindly when the stress gets to be too much.  Maybe we just shut down in hopes that denial will keep us from moving forward.  Depression is a common outcome when we feel powerless over all that is taking place.  My goal is to avoid all of this over the coming days and weeks.  To acknowledge our limitations is to invite God to take up His post in our heart.  Being in charge or control is the great illusion.  May we learn to find our greatest reality in God with His resources.  That is when the old blends with the new in ways we never dreamed possible.


Bro. Trey