Breaking Something.

Today, I discovered how easy it was to break someone's computer. It is kind of funny; I was trying to fix a issue that a customer had with a program. The problem was probably caused by his computer to begin with and probably needed what I done to it, but I was not expecting it. The customer basically had an old office computer that was given to him, but it was not properly setup for someone who didnt work in a large office. I simply changed his network setting from domain to a local network; one little change and it completely wiped his access to the computer. Talk about frustrating!

The good thing is that even though it may seem to be broken, it will get taken care of. I am kind of waiting for him to receive a special package that I had to send to his house to help, but in the end he will have a better computer and I may even be able to fix an older computer for him that has a bad Windows file.

I guess that I can kind of compare this story to the brokenness of humanity and how currently we are waiting for the coming package which is the Messiah who will fix not only our mess, but all of humanities mess.

I will state that one reason that I love this job is that in fixing things and helping people, I am in some way emulating the Messiah's work on the earth in which he will fix everything.

In the midst of a recession there is still life.

The times are pretty bad in most places around the United States and even the world for that matter.  People are being let off of jobs and those that are looking for jobs are having trouble finding one.  Companies are cutting back on bonuses and asking for hand outs and some are even going under all together.  My own wife, Heather, has been out of work for months and has been struggling to find a job.  Heather is a very bright college student and is just looking for a part time job; that should not be hard!  But there is hope in this economy. 

I am currenty working for Intuit, a company that does financial software.  You may have seen them around; they make software, such as Turbo Tax and Quicken.  I am part of a pilot program that they are going to start testing.  Intuit is wanting to provide technology support for their clients.  This is giving me a very unique opportunity to develop my tech skills and learn a lot, while helping others.  I am sure that Intuit is looking ahead, not behind.  In this economy it is hard to still invest in the future when you dont know what will happen tomorrow.  If Intuit is investing in the future, then it is for sure that other companies are as well.  I am sure for those of you who currenty are working, you can tell that the economy is starting to get a little bit of life again.  

I might just be optimistic, but I think that we all will pull through this.  I know that even if things mess up now, with Yahweh and his Messiah, we will be flexable enough to adapt and eventually we will be back on top of things.  

good stuff

I am writing this post from an older computer that I just installed Linux OS on. Now for a lot of people that is either really easy and for others they must ask, what is Linux? Well, Linux is just one of the many open source programs out there, in an online community of software developers and users that work together to create a free product that anybody can enjoy for free.

I really enjoy the whole community working together thing and am going to enjoy trying to figure out how this Linux program works. For me it is a badge of honor of how far the Messiah taken me in a process of continual improvement. Being able to use a piece of alien software (at least to me) is really cool and for me to understand it is something all together neat. I will hopefully be getting a tech support job pretty soon in which I can use this knowledge of programs and technology to fix peoples software woes. What is more that I know that I will be using all of this both currently and in the future to help bring about the Kingdom of Messiah.

I think this symbiotic relationship with Yahweh and the Messiah is the whole reason that we are here. God gives us people and experiences and our brains to create things and in return we use it to create something magnificent that reflects our creator and helps our neighbors. The ultimate fix for reflecting our creator and helping our neighbor is the Kingdom coming on the earth. For that I cant wait!!