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Larry Lilly's Letter Tuesday May 10, 2011
Recently my computer gave up the ghost. Through the generosity of a friend who had no idea of my dilemma I was able to get a new high powered one immediately. Praise the Lord. I still have programs by the same name that I use extensively.
Guess what. Said programs work differently and after I was put into a straightjacket due to pitching hissy fits while figuring them out, they do in fact work better and faster. Again, Praise the Lord.
As I fought my way through the Microsoft software that claimed to be the same as the old, I came across a statement by Alvin Toffler of "Future Shock" fame. Alvin wrote in "Rethinking The Future" a truth so compelling that I wonder I haven't read the same wisdom in other publications. Here is Alvin's wisdom for your consideration:
"The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
I have been told this tri-process is common in any field that uses technology. Airplanes still fly due to air moving over a specially designed airfoil, but most of the systems are better and safer than say 25 years ago. In office work I remember White-Out being the rage. In some Gated Communities White-Out is still right up there with gold.
I was talking with a young man the other day who drives an 18 wheeler cross country. I mentioned some of the modern engines, transmissions etc that we had 45 years ago when I drove. He just looked at me in disbelief. About the same way I had looked at 20 Mule Teamsters in my day. At least one man who drove a 20 mule team did manage to become president.
Things and methods certainly do change and if we are wise we will adjust to the reality of such change.
In the realm in which I roam many preachers my age will, while they are preaching, raise their head way back and scream at the ceiling. They learned to do this from their mentor's and examples prior to the wide spread use of decent sound effect systems. Back in the day a sound board, which looked like a giant clam shell was erected over the platform/pulpit area and you raised your head, pointed your mouth skyward to the board and screamed in order for the people in the building to hear you.
With a good microphone/system there is no reason on earth or in heaven to use the method of making yourself heard as was practiced in 1929.
In things eternal, the true message of God's Word never changes and it is a serious mistake to pretend it does as God is on record on the matter. The Apostle wrote concerning Jesus in Hebrews 13:8:
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Larry Lilly Copyright © 2011 Use with credit.
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