“Even Computers Need a Rest Sometimes!”
Jumpy cursor! I was trying to grade student assignments, and my cursor was jumping around like a Mexican jumping bean. I would start typing something, and then I would be on a different line. Here is the sort of non-sentences I was ending up with:
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Of course, what I was trying to write was the following:
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I was beginning to think of another reason to call this little symbol on my computer a “cursor”! At first, I thought the mouse might be the problem, so I checked out the mouse. I cleaned it. I turned it off. I tried my wife’s mouse. I checked for updates for my mouse driver.
Nada.
I checked my settings. Everything seemed okay.
I googled the problem. Many helpful suggestions were available. Most of them I had already tried.
Toward the end of the suggestions (and near the end of my rope), I encountered this novel notion: Turn off the computer and leave it off for a few minutes. I immediately thought of the British comedy “The IT Crowd”. When the support guy picks up the ringing telephone, he immediately asks, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?”
So, I tried turning it off and on again. No more jumping! May God and Brit-coms be praised! Years ago, I had a computer expert tell me that I didn’t need to turn off my computer. It would work just fine if I didn’t. Even experts can be wrong.
However, I am not trying to give you advice concerning your computer. I’m telling this story to give you advice about you. You also need some rest. So do I.
Genesis 2 tells us that even God rested. Amazing, isn’t it! Yet, you and I take on more and more, sleeping less and less. We need to be careful not to work harder than God does.
When Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” he meant business. We should mean business too when it comes to the business of rest.
Good night, sleep tight, and don’t let your big toes fight!
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