My frustrations didn’t finish with the computer, as then the printer began to play up. The trouble was that the printer was the problem in the first place, and I didn’t want to face the facts. So I went through all the frustrations of having the printer work sometimes and then not working other times. Not being 100% computer savvy didn’t help matters either, and I bumbled along on my own until in desperation I went to the shop and bought another printer.  This time the technician came with it and got it all going as it should.

     This all reminded me of how life can be for us at times. When things seem to be going all wrong, it pays to go to the real expert, the technician that knows all about how things work. Yes, it may cost more than we want to pay, but at least the problems get solved . So it is in life.       When things go wrong, it pays to go to the expert, in this case, the Maker…and our maker is the God of heaven. He has all the answers written in His Handbook… in His handbook the Bible.  Yes, we may not like to read what He says the problem is, but no amount of bumbling around on our own can fix it. We have to humble ourselves and do  what He advises.

     I didn’t like what the man at the shop told me, but I could see that it was no use buying a new machine if it wasn’t set up properly by someone who knew what they were doing, even if it cost me extra. It may cost us the price of apologising to someone, or making reparation for some wrong we have done.      Most of all, we have to recognise that the source of all our problems is SIN, and confess this to God.  The Bible also says that if we confess our sin, He will forgive us and cleanse us from all the cause of the problems we are experiencing . (1 John 1:9)  Until we do this, the problem will never get fixed. The man who wrote the Book of Psalms, had a big problem in his life, and he cried out to God…. “Create in me a new heart O God” and “Give me the joy of Your salvation again” (Psalm 51: verses 10, 12).

    In the same way I had to humble myself to admit I needed to get rid of the troublesome printer, even though I didn’t like doing it. Then with the new one that had been properly set up, I was able to enjoy the work I was doing on the computer knowing that I would be able to print it out without any hold ups at the end.