One of the really enjoyable things about a notebook computer is being able to take it with you and work while at the coffee shop, etc. One of the really bad things about notebook computers is that if you spill coffee on the keyboard, you don't just mess up your keyboard, you mess up your computer. You already know what happened to me this weekend, don't you?!
Yeah, so Saturday morning is our one morning to get up late, enjoy fresh bagels from Panera and fresh coffee from PrimaCafe (the best coffee roaster I've ever experienced, located here in OKC!). Holly had just come back with the bagels, I had just finished making coffee and I carefully placed my notebook computer on the table... Safely placed between my bagel and my coffee. What was I thinking?!? You guessed it. My finger hooked my coffee after taking a sip and over it went. Not quite all the way, but enough for a few tablespoons of coffee to spill out over onto the keyboard and into the speakers.
I immediately threw a napkin on it, shut it down and took out the battery and powercord. No sizzling sounds, smoke or other scary symptoms. So far so good. Actually, I skipped a step. Somewhere in between throwing a napkin on it and shutting it down, I was crying out for God's mercy on this poor computer and to somehow protect it from frying.
A visit to a "do it yourself" computer repair site and I determined opening it up myself was a bad idea. This isn't my old Dell. A call to the Apple store confirmed that they should probably take a look at it for me before anything else is done and especially before it's turned back on or even plugged back in.
A day later and the Apple store called me up and told me everything looks fine. There apparently was very little coffee actually down past the keyboard. They tested it and all's well. Talk about a huge releif. And an answer to prayer.
It's amazing how often we pray about things and take for granted the outcomes. We used to keep a journal of answers to prayer, but since we moved into our new home, we haven't unpacked it or something, so it's been off our minds. Maybe my blog would be a good way to journal answers to prayer so it's a faith-booster not just to us, but to our friends and family, too.
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Great idea! How often does God tell us in Scripture to remember the things He's done for us - and to tell them to our children and our children's children.
For about a week now I've been planning to write a list (to jog my memory)of all the wonderful, incredible things He's done for me from as far back as I remember. It would be such a boost to my faith to recall those special things during difficult times.
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