Thank God for Spell Check

It was a Friday afternoon and I was at work. My mind was racing about the upcoming weekend, what all I had to do when I got off work and just your normal motherly thoughts... "sure hope the kids are having a good day," "what am I going to get Shane for Christmas," "only 3 more hours and it is quitting time!" About that time my phone rings and I answer it in my usual fashion, "This is Lori," when I hear a voice say "Can I ask you a question without you laughing?" Well, immediately, I burst out in laughter but I agree. The caller said, "How do you spell courteous? I’ve been sitting here trying to spell it and nothing is right and I can’t even spell it close enough to get spell check to pick it up." So, at this moment I begin to belly laugh. Have you ever done that? You get to laughing so hard that your belly shakes and your ribs start to hurt and you are wheezing just trying to suck in enough air to laugh a little harder. When I composed myself I said, "Have you tried c-o-u-r-t-e-o-u-s?" The caller, who is laughing just as hard as me, says, "Yep, that worked! Thanks!" And before I could blink the call was over and back to work we went.

As the moments passed I snickered to myself a little more trying to be quiet fearful that my co-workers were probably thinking I had seriously lost my mind. I begin to think about sin and how even though we feel conviction by just simply thinking the wrong words or the wrong action we say them/do it anyway and then try to justify it to God. "Well, God, you know I can’t help she took what I said that way. I didn’t mean it the way it came out" or "My boss made me so mad and I have just had enough of their attitude and they deserved the way I handled that situation." Have you ever done that? I know somebody out there knows what I’m talking about! And that is when it occurred to me...God, is the typist!!! He has his hand on the mouse ("us") and when we sin and come under conviction and ask for forgiveness, he just right-clicks us and makes us new. He says in Ezekial 16:62-63 ...I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the Lord. You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done.... Even though we make mistakes and we fall on our faces God forgives us. He will renew his covenant with us and make us new once again.

As my Friday continued on I began to think more and more of this analogy and it was like I could not do another thing, take another step, type another word until I thanked God for just being him. I tried to move on with my daily work and I tried to do my secretarial duties but I just couldn’t do it. So, I sat down, I typed out my thoughts and I had to just catch my breath. I hope as all of you are sitting there today with your cup of coffee (or in my case a Mountain Dew) you just take a moment and thank God for his greatness and for his unwavering love for us and how he just "spell checks" us all day long right-clicking and making us new.