I realized I needed to hang a couple of hooks in the closet. My purse (or two?!) is always sitting around cluttering up the house, so I thought a hidden hook would make the perfect place to stash my handbag. So I went to my husband’s workbench – he was out of town – and grabbed the power drill and extra battery. I confidently proceeded to position the hooks and screws where they needed to be to commence the hanging process as I’d seen my hubby do on countless occasions. The drill s l o w l y and ever-so-slightly turned and died. OK, figures…the one time in my whole life (pretty much) that I need to use a power drill to get a job done and the battery isn’t charged. So I charged it for several hours and tried again. No luck. So I changed batteries, wall plugs and charged it again.

Apparently it was so drained that the battery needed to be connected to power for an extended period of time, rather than a couple of relatively short stretches. By now I was feeling pretty irritated about the whole process, I mean, why do we spend money on good tools only to have them fail us when we need them the most! The drill had been sitting on the shelf being useless for quite a long time and now he had been chosen for a very important task and he wasn’t ready! Grrr….

I’m trying to build Rome here, wanting to surprise my hubby, Mr. Clean, (poor guy, when I married him all his clothes were lined up in the closet by type and his socks and undies were in color order neatly arranged in his dresser drawer, whereas I felt accomplished just getting my clothes in the closet and drawers! How he has survived my cyclone tendencies is truly a mystery…)

I’m not asking for anything fancy – JUST A DRILL THAT WILL WORK FOR 3-5 MINUTES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! (sort of like the ‘bold’ setting on this computer I’m using- I cannot disengage it to save my life…is it me?!) Anyway I began to think about US. God’s people.

I think it’s often that we’re not prepared. We look prepared, but our batteries aren’t charged, we’re not filled with God’s Word and God’s Spirit – we can quote movies and dress to the nines but so many times lack the substance that is our reason for existing on the planet. Sigh. Let’s plug in this week. Let’s be prepared. Let’s count for God.
Let’s get the job done.

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