Oh, how we strive for perfection! And how we fall short …
Since February, I’ve been snatching an hour here, an hour there… transforming my “office” into a true study – “A Country Deacon’s Study”. My vision is one of a space with my books and reference materials close at hand. The hand written Book of Gospels in a place of honor and of true utility. A space that also incorporates my tiny Mac Mini hidden away in a twenty-something year-old pine combination typing/file cabinet from Yield House that only surrenders a hint of its technology innards with a modest flat panel display on top. Firewire external hard drive, Bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse all tucked inside by the mini…
But what a time undoing the old office in which “technology” spilled from every corner of the room! It’s at times like these that I wonder if it’s all worth it–the technology, I mean. iPod Touch, HDTV, Blu-Ray, streaming audio through the Squeeze Box… for starters!
And so I gingerly pick through the technology heap: ancient HP all-in-one to the landfill… DSL modem and Xincom Dual-WAN IP gateway up to the shelf in the closet… Mac mini on a card table for now while the Yield House cabinet gets a retro to hold the tech stuff.
If it weren’t for the welcome 20 minute break for vespers… the thought of HIS incredible love for us on this eve of the Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart… if not for this… Thank you, Lord, for showing us that while perfection may be our goal, that it is only in loving you that we approach true simplicity, humility and peace.
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