The other day, I left a device at home that is normally connected to my cell phone.  When I finally got the two together, the phone and the device were not automatically connecting as I supposed they would.  In an effort to get them to sync, I accidentally did an option to pair the device with the phone as though it was brand new.  The end result was that a lot of my data in the device was wiped clean and re-set to zero information.  I knew it was a mistake when I did it, but I couldn’t stop the process.  I started to get frustrated but then realized that my cell phone was still holding the data.  Even so, I liked the convenience of reviewing a month’s worth of data on my device without my phone.   Then I decided to take the high road about the situation.  What seemed inadvertent may have been subliminal.  Better yet, what if God was trying to speak in the middle of my frustration?

Everything needs a re-set from time to time.  That is the purpose of seasons, rest and new beginnings.  God gives us a re-set every morning we are allowed to open our eyes and see a new day.  His mercy is everlasting.  When our devices are not performing correctly, often all that is needed is for us to power it down and re-boot which re-sets some of the settings and gets it back up and running.  So often we get frustrated with re-sets for the reasons I mentioned above; it means we have to start again when we don’t want to or because of the inconvenience it all.  So this is where I paused with myself and began to meditate upon the things that I need to re-set in my life.

We spend so much time wrapping up in the unimportant, stressing about things we cannot change, overthinking the obvious, worrying over details and generally getting too wound up.  This little inconvenient re-set, caused me to re-set my thinking and consider the direction of my life, my commitment to myself and pursuing my dreams.  Thank you Lord, for a re-set.