Always Save The Instructions
If there's one thing I'm guilty of, it's that I tend to hoard instruction manuals. Every now and again, I have to go on a purge binge to clean out manuals for things I don't have anymore. I keep them because you never know when you're gonna need them.
I had a wood working project today. Someone asked me if I could fix something for them, and it turned out that, yes, I could. I have a lot of wood working tools and today I got to use a couple of the infrequently used tools, like my jig saw, my tabletop belt/disc sander, and my table router.
I haven't used the router for a VERY long time. It had been so long, I had to get out the manuals for the table and the router just to change the bit. Fortunately, I not only knew where the router table was, but the tools and bits were right where I put them. And the manuals were right where they were put as well. A quick read, some figuring out, and viola' I was able to round the edges of the boards I needed to.
Without the instructions, today, my job would have been much harder. I could have broken my router just trying to change the bits or I could have set it up wrong and hurt myself. I'm comfortable around power tools but the router is a tool I'm unfamiliar with.
I wonder, sometimes, how much different my life would have been if I read the instruction manual before I thought I knew every damn thing there was to know. I look at my life now, in the light of having read God's instruction manual for a good life, and as crazy as mine is, I wouldn't go back to the old ways. And when I need some extra help, I have a copy of the Bible close by to guide me along the path.
Life, like using the power tools today, is much easier with knowledge of the operating instructions. If you haven't read them lately, I invite you to do so today
I had a wood working project today. Someone asked me if I could fix something for them, and it turned out that, yes, I could. I have a lot of wood working tools and today I got to use a couple of the infrequently used tools, like my jig saw, my tabletop belt/disc sander, and my table router.
I haven't used the router for a VERY long time. It had been so long, I had to get out the manuals for the table and the router just to change the bit. Fortunately, I not only knew where the router table was, but the tools and bits were right where I put them. And the manuals were right where they were put as well. A quick read, some figuring out, and viola' I was able to round the edges of the boards I needed to.
Without the instructions, today, my job would have been much harder. I could have broken my router just trying to change the bits or I could have set it up wrong and hurt myself. I'm comfortable around power tools but the router is a tool I'm unfamiliar with.
I wonder, sometimes, how much different my life would have been if I read the instruction manual before I thought I knew every damn thing there was to know. I look at my life now, in the light of having read God's instruction manual for a good life, and as crazy as mine is, I wouldn't go back to the old ways. And when I need some extra help, I have a copy of the Bible close by to guide me along the path.
Life, like using the power tools today, is much easier with knowledge of the operating instructions. If you haven't read them lately, I invite you to do so today
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