Maybe it’s like this where you work too: you get back from vacation, turn on your desktop only to be greeted by 17 updates reconfiguring your hard drive. When Microsoft or whomever is done updating and “improving” your computer, it runs slower than ever. You weed through the backlog of emails when a message pops up that you need to restart your device to activate the changes. By the time you’ve worked your way through your backlogged emails, a fresh batch suddenly appears. When you eventually get to the work you intended to do when you first fired up your PC, you type in several words before anything appears on the screen. This lag in gratification causes a spasm in your brain.

You don’t suppose our computers get attitudes, do you? Maybe it’s like a dog that gets angry when left alone too long so she chews through a throw pillow or hides one of your slippers (not that I know any dogs like that).

I’ll have to finish this column later … my dog wants to go out.

– Pastor Joel Everhart