The
teens, Max and Duke busied themselves following the instructions
they'd just been given on dismantling the computer boxes, remembering
all the warnings. While you fellas are gutting those computers in
front of you, I want to teach you something that will put loads of
fun into your life, squeezing out lots of the stress we all have to
deal with. It has to do with order.”
Blaster,
(I mean Gramps) walked to a nearby marker board and picked up a
marker, checking to see if it still had some life in it. He wrote in
bold letters at the top of the board, “ORDER”. “Fellas, our
word for the day, sort-of, is ORDER. You and I hear orders put to us
far more than we like it. 'Do this.' 'Do that.' 'Ya better clean
your room before dad gets home.' If you don't have that report on my
desk by 3 pm today, you won't like what happens next.'”
“Our
first type of order is like a command – 'do this or else...'”
Gramps wrote the word COMMAND below the bold word ORDER.
“Our
second type of order is to purchase or obtain something – 'We'll
order pizzas, later'.
The
third type of order is the way scientists group plants and animals
and stuff. They group by family, order, species, etc.'” The words
PURCHASE and GROUPING were written below the word COMMAND.
Gramps
continued teaching while the teens made good use of screwdrivers on
the computer scrap. Our fourth type of order we'll call QUIET. Do you
remember, we've already begun learning about that kind of quiet.
We'll be learning more more about the those two kinds of quiet;
inside quiet and outside quiet, as we go along.”
“Our
fifth type of ORDER is the arrangement of things we have and do. It's
what we think of when we get up in the morning... well, first get my
clothes on, grab something quick to eat and then... This is what
people are referring to, when they tell you, 'Don't get your cart
before the horse.' Do you remember how we started out this morning?
First we prayed and asked God to direct us, then we covered a few
safety tips, and then we went to work. I'll add the words QUIET and
ARRANGEMENT to our ORDER list here on the board.”
“Did
you two know the Bible tells us how to take computers apart? It
certainly does. While you're working, I show you in our computer
'how-to' manual, here. Yeah, I know we also call it the Bible.”
Gramps quickly turned to 1Corinthians 14:40. He slid the Bible over
in front of the teens and said, “see here? It says 'Let all things
be done decently and in order.' In another place it says, 'Seek ye
first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things
shall be added unto you.' Some other day we'll talk about the
building instructions for a guy that was going to build a tower.”
“But
it's how we arrange things that is so important. Whether we're
storing computer pictures in this folder or that folder or the way
you both are putting all the screws in this jar and the small cables
in that box over there. It truly is calming to our minds and hearts
to begin getting things sorted out, in our minds. First thing to do,
is to decide what you really want – down deep. Way down where a
part of you always stays, and the first to say 'good morning' to your
mind, in the morning. Max and Duke, lock at me a minute.” They did.
“Fellas, God has given us a whole toolbox of things we can get our
hearts sorted out and do great work for Him. But He only asks that
you put Him first, on your daily 'to-do list', and the top spot on
your list of what and who you love.