Today's Devotional

January 13, 2003

Subject: What About The Data?

1 Cor 15:51 - 52 "Behold, I shew you a mystery, we shall not all sleep but we shall be changed.  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound.  The dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed." 

There's nothing quite like starting fresh.  However, starting fresh is not always a preferred method we have of doing things.  Especially when it is something like a crashed hard drive which is what happened to me this weekend.  If you've ever had it happen, then you know that it is nothing short of miraculous that I have this devotional loaded and ready to go on a Monday morning from the same computer that was rendered fully dead on Saturday afternoon.  On that day, I simply assessed the loss of pictures, music files, important documents, bible studies I had prepared, and even some work on a book that I plan on writing one day.  In a twinkling of an eye, it was all gone because the hard drive simply quit working.  

Actually, I've got the hard drive going to a Marine friend because he says that the data inside the drive is still good and that he will be able to extract it.  At least that's what he thinks and you know Marines, they believe they can do anything.  If I had properly prepared for the end of my hard drive, I would still have the same data working in another drive.   Anyway, as I analyzed this, I realized that it's quite like our movement from our current existence to our eternal existence.

One day our hearts will beat their last beat.  The container of our "hard drive" will go caput and work no longer.  However, the data inside (spirit) will live on.  In fact, we too will take on new containers.  It will be an incorruptible container.   Have you prepared for the end of your "hard drive?"  Well the container isn't nearly as important as the data, but when the container is ready to be trashed, you'd better hope the data doesn't go along with it.

Carlen