THE COMPUTER DOCTOR

MOST PEOPLE IN THE COMPANY DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HE DOES FOR A LIVING. HE'S "THE COMPUTER GUY", OR "HE WORKS ON THE COMPUTER STUFF". PERHAPS A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE HIM IS "THE COMPUTER DOCTOR". HE'S THE ONE WITH COMPUTER MANUALS PILED HIGH IN HIS CUBICAL. HE HAS A SET OF SCREWDRIVERS AND SOCKET WRENCHES SO SMALL YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM TO BE HUMMING "WE REPRESENT THE LOLLYPOP GUILD".

ON WEEKENDS, WHEN ALL THE USERS HAVE GONE HOME, HE MOVES THROUGH THE OFFICES AND CUBICLES OF THE COMPANY, FIXING, UPGRADING AND TWEAKING THE COMPUTERS. THERE IS NO HARD DRIVE HE CAN'T DEFRAGMENT, NO SOFTWARE HE CAN'T UPGRADE, NO BUG HE CAN'T CIRCUMVENT. HE 'S THE COMPUTER DOCTOR!

JESUS WENT THROUGHOUT GALILEE, TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES, PREACHING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING EVERY DISEASE AND SICKNESS AMONG THE PEOPLE." (MATTHEW 4:23 NIV)

THE PHRASE IS SO SIMPLE, IT CAN BE EASY TO IGNORE: "FIND A HURT AND HEAL IT". THIS SIMPLE PHRASE IS THE DRIVING MOTIVE FOR THE COMPUTER DOCTOR, AND IT SHOULD BE FOR US AS WELL.

FIND A HURT.

THEY ARE ALL AROUND YOU. YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO LOOK TO FAR. THEY ARE IN YOUR COWORKERS, KIDS, AND FRIENDS. SOME HURTS MIGHT BE HIDDEN DEEP AND REQUIRE THE TOOLS OF PATIENCE AND TIME TO FIND. MOST WILL REQUIRE THE SKILLS OF LISTENING AND EMPATHY IF THEY ARE TO BE TRULY UNDERSTOOD.

AND HEAL IT.

PERHAPS THIS COULD BE BETTER SAID "ENCOURAGE ITS HEALING". WHILE THE COMPUTER DOCTOR HAS HIS SCREWDRIVERS AND SOCKET WRENCHES, WE OFTEN FIND THAT THE ANSWERS TO THE HURTS AROUND US NEED MORE THAN A SIMPLE TWIST OF ADVICE, OR TWEAK OF RECOMMENDATION. BUT EVEN THE MOST COMPLICATED AND MODERN OF HURTS ARE NOT BEYOND THE HEALING OF THE GREAT PHYSICIAN.

THE ONE WHO CAN TAKE A FRAGMENTED LIFE AND RESTORE IT TO THE WHOLENESS IT WAS CREATED TO BE.

THE ONE WHO CAN UPGRADE OUR WEAKNESS WITH HIS STRENGTH. THE ONE WHO CAN "DEBUG" OUR LIFE'S WITH GRACE, FORGIVENESS, AND HEALING.

PERHAPS AS YOU LOOKED FOR THE HURTS AROUND, THE HURT YOU FOUND WAS IN YOUR OWN LIFE. THERE IS A PHYSICIAN WAITING TO PROVIDE THE HEALING YOU LONG FOR. WHY DON'T YOU STOP BY TODAY?

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