who designed this thing?

(it takes a while to find the buttons too)

I was driving a rental car last week when I flipped the sun visor down to have a better view of the road ahead. The visor clipped the rear view mirror and knocked it askew spoiling my view of the road behind. I fixed it but when I flipped the visor up it did the same thing. After arriving at my destination I tried to figure out what I was doing wrong. Turns out… nothing. In this particular car the visor and mirror are in a proximity that will cause this collision every time. My comment to the empty car…. “Who designed this thing?”

The human brain has created amazing, complex and useful machines, sent men to the moon and back, and probed the depths of the human genome. But even so, the Consumer Products Safety Commission and other organizations like it exist to test, evaluate and work with companies to recall “creations” that just don’t work right. Perhaps even my rental car in the future.

“For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made.” Romans 1:19-20

God’s creation on the other hand, tells the story of his amazing power and all knowing nature. The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the ability to breathe and see and think all give testimony to a creative process that extends beyond our wildest comprehension. The immeasurable vastness of the universe gives us every reason to see and acknowledge the hand of our creator God.

Look and see what HE has made!

Thanks for all you do.

Brian

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Rejoice

(I grew up with Woody Hayes and "that team up North".. I'm a big Buckeyes fan so yes I was rooting for UM to lose on opening day)

Rejoice…

I had the chance to attend the opening game of the Ohio State University football season this year. The Youngstown State Penguins never really had a chance of course, but they played with enthusiasm. The alumni band was there providing the bodies needed for not one, but four simultaneous Script Ohio’s. It was a beautiful day, the company was great and we won! What could be better?

Well an interesting thing happened that day. Not only did the 105,000 people have the chance to rejoice in the victory of their beloved team, but they found themselves rooting for their arch rival to lose. Every time an update was posted to the scoreboard the crowd would roar. And lose that rival did, in surprising fashion. After the game it was hard to tell which event was more pleasing to the departing crowds!

Now I know that even though this is the biggest rivalry in college football, it was just a couple of football games. And I now rooting against your rival doesn’t make you a bad person. But taking that kind of an attitude out into the rest of your life is clearly not the thing to do. In his letter to the Romans, Paul encourages us to “Rejoice with those who rejoice: mourn with those who mourn.” In other words, show empathy, show respect for other’s feelings, and show that you want to succeed because of your own merits, not because of other’s failures.

Yes, maybe even on Saturday afternoons.

Brian

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