Antivirus

Well I did it! Yep, me! Not Shane, not Kristina, not Gabe, not Mr. Nobody, just plain ole me. We recently had BellSouth or AT&T or whatever they are called now (my Mom still calls them "the phone company" so I guess that would work) come out to the house because our modem wasn't working properly. We moved back during the summer and ever since we have been dealing with internet problems. Finally, they replaced our modem which has been another headache for me because I am unable to get the WiFi part of this modem/router to work properly. So, since my own personal computer has not been able to get online and I have been too busy to call "the phone company" and get some technical help I have been using Kristina's laptop.

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I was looking around about a week ago when this little window popped up and said "you are infected with 32 viruses" and I stopped and thought to myself "What?!?!? We have McAfee!" I clicked further wanting to know where the infections were when it happened. Before I could stop my finger I clicked and guess what? I just downloaded a virus! As I sat and watched the virus begin to run it's program I began to click here and there and was trying to use the little bit of computer knowledge that I had to stop the virus from spreading. McAfee was doing everything it could do at the same time. I'm surprised smoke didn't start billowing out of the laptop.

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I've brought the laptop with me to work today because after talking with our office IT guy he thinks he might can save it for me. But, as always, I was thinking about viruses and antiviruses and such this morning on my way to work when it hit me....sin is a virus and God is the antivirus!! It says in Romans 10:13 "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Just by calling out his name we will be saved....our virus will be wiped out and our programs will operate as they were intended to do.

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You know, Kristina made the most profound statement the other night. She and I were talking about angels and she said "I wonder why we don't see angels or miracles like they did back during the Bible times?" I sat there pondering how I would answer this question when she all but jumped out of her seat and said "Mom, I know why! We don't have the faith and the belief like they did back during the Bible time. There are angels around us and miracles happen every day....we just use the world to explain it instead of just believing." Pretty profound for a 16 year old don't you think?

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Don't allow the world to explain what God has done for you, just call out his name and allow him to wash away your sins. Allow God to be your antivirus because HE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE!!