The Wild Blue Yonder

I cannot believe how slow my computer has gotten! You would never believe that I have DSL which is supposed to be fast. I have talked with Sprint and earthlink and both tell me there is nothing wrong with the system, so it must be Granny Apple. I think I told you that I quit smoking over a year ago and I plan to reward myself for being successful. (Actually, I wasn't successful alone; no, never could I have done that. Only God could give me the will power, the determination to kick the habit. One day, He just convicted me that smoking was sinful; prior to that time, I thought of it as a nasty habit. Now, I'm not saying that smoking is a sin for everyone, I'm just saying that I was convicted of this. This habit was keeping me from doing some things that I really wanted to do; it kept me from going some places I wanted to go; it made me know that I was not setting a good example for my grandchildren, nor for other children, nor for any non-Christians. I didn't want to be a hindrance for anyone else to come to the Lord. I want everyone to come to know Jesus, and I don't want to do anything that may cause someone else to falter).

Back to my reward; actually, I have been rewarded in many ways: I'm healthier, wealthier, and wiser. Yet, I do want to reward myself with some thing. I had planned on a nice HDTV. Now, I wonder if I shouldn't redirect my interests toward a new Mac. I'll see how this goes. The last blog I did is out there in the wild blue yonder. But, haven't we come a long, long way in a short, short time? So, now we complain about things that we didn't even have 20 years ago!