I got a GPS unit for my car for Christmas last year. It's a great way to find direction to your chosen destination.
If you happen to not pay attention and miss a turn, a woman's voice says "Recalculating"! In a few seconds the GPS figures out where you are are gives you new directions to your destination.
It does not say, "You Idiot! Why didn't you do exactly what I was telling you!", or "Have you lost your mind? Do you think you can arrive at your destination without my help?".
Instead it says, "Recalculating". There is no blame or harsh words. You made a mistake, so let's figure out where you are. Then let's find out how to reach your chosen destination from there!
Don't you wish we all had the wisdom of a GPS unit?
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Mr. Steinway - what an awesome thought! As some would say - "that'll preach!"
__________________ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Mr. Steinway - what an awesome thought! As some would say - "that'll preach!"
The truth is that we all know when we have made a mistake or missed a turn in life. The last thing we need is someone constantly reminding us that we have done wrong.
How much more effective could we be if we approached a friend or loved one who had made a mistake without condemnation, but by just helping them find their way from where they are? "Let's recalculate!"
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Had a rental car with a GPS, once. Just for fun, I had it give me a route to Wendy's. I knew it was just down the street: a left to get out of the office complex to the street a few hundred feet away, then a right, then a couple miles and there it is. Simple. But the GPS had me taking a convoluted route through the complex to get to the street, needing several turns and a lot more time and distance.
OK, make a sermon out of that!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Had a rental car with a GPS, once. Just for fun, I had it give me a route to Wendy's. I knew it was just down the street: a left to get out of the office complex to the street a few hundred feet away, then a right, then a couple miles and there it is. Simple. But the GPS had me taking a convoluted route through the complex to get to the street, needing several turns and a lot more time and distance.
OK, make a sermon out of that!
Sermon: That sometimes the fastest route isn't always the best way. God wants us to go through some turns and go the distance sometimes to get where he wants us to be.
Oh, and don't get me started about OnStar! (Too late. ) We needed to get to the Springfield airport to pick up my folks. OnStar to the rescue! After a while, it seemed pretty strange that we'd be on some back road, far from civilization. But we kept following the directions. (Kept the faith! ) And sure enough, we finally made it. Yep. To the parking lot of the control tower on the wrong side of the airport!
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Oh, and don't get me started about OnStar! (Too late. ) We needed to get to the Springfield airport to pick up my folks. OnStar to the rescue! After a while, it seemed pretty strange that we'd be on some back road, far from civilization. But we kept following the directions. (Kept the faith! ) And sure enough, we finally made it. Yep. To the parking lot of the control tower on the wrong side of the airport!
You ever heard the little comedy about "Blondestar"? It is based upon the same principal as onstar.
It is aboat the blonde that leaves her keys in the car and she is stuck inside the car, she calls blondestar and the man tells her how to get the door unlocked from the inside.
It ends with the saying....."Blonde star, always on cause your always blonde"!
) We needed to get to the Springfield airport to pick up my folks. OnStar to the rescue! After a while, it seemed pretty strange that we'd be on some back road, far from civilization. But we kept following the directions. (Kept the faith! 
) And sure enough, we finally made it. Yep. To the parking lot of the control tower on the wrong side of the airport! 
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