Testing Tolerances
We test materials to determine their quality. How hard are they, how long will they last, how easy are they to work with and so on. Every since I started this project, I have received more than a few tests. Some I’ve failed, some I’ve passed, and I’ve just received another one today.
I had no home internet for 4 days 2 weeks ago. A week prior, my phones power button just fell off. Today, my phone decided to get stuck in a fastboot screen thanks to a faulty volume button. According to a YouTube video the only way to solve it is to remove the screen and slap on new thermal paste, or flash it and lose all my data. Thanks Google.
If I lose my laptop now, I might have to kiss this project goodbye. I just hope I won’t be tested that way too. It’s already overheating thanks to the dozens of tabs I have open.
Unfortunately for us, we live in a world where brands and companies stopped making products that last. Ever since the light bulb. Revenue was important to shareholders and companies were forced to show ‘good numbers’ at least yearly.
The marketing industry eventually bloomed and became a core vertical to keep consumers enthralled by their products. They became critical business functions to hypnotize and convert more people with every passing year.
If only that Finnish company didn’t finish. They shipped their phones in simple boxes, didn’t have a ‘geniuses’ tending to you and lasted forever. There are plenty memes dedicated to the mighty 3310. My MacBook Air that I saved up for nearly a year, lasted me 4 years.
I don’t have an MBA, but I know what ethics are. Are the shareholders or company, or users to blame ? These guys are really testing the market with their yearly ‘innovation’.
Based on my previous stories, I’m sure you can tell that I enjoyed failing and that I have such a large ego, I did not learn my lessons soon enough. I didn’t even see them as lessons TBH.
My idea/depiction of God is that He only wants the best for you. I just thought that He would serve it on a silver platter all the time. But I was wrong. I didn’t know my Bible well enough. I probably still don’t.
God tests us.
I’ve had many tests and failed them splendidly. From academically, professionally, spiritually, socially, familially and I’m sure many more “ally’s”.
God does not lie, but He can deceive the unjust with a lying spirit. Why? Have you ever lied? Why do you lie? Personally, I did it to end a tedious argument, or get things done my way. The human way is flawed, but God’s way is righteous. He is in command and uses forces of evil to accomplish His good purposes. Just like he did with King Ahab.
He puts us through challenges to build us up for His purposes.
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People often argue if God exists, why does the world suffer, why do children die? Why are there natural disasters? Why are we so poor?
It hurts me to see anyone die. I wish I could say something like “Any child that dies goes to heaven” and leave it at that. And though I do believe that, as children are the purest and most innocent of us all, I want you to understand, that it’s not just about YOU.
Though your faith is being tested, think about the families, but it could also be about the entire system, from the paramedics, nurses, doctors, insurance, management, local councils, churches, health directors from all levels and even the government. Let’s include those in charge of food and agriculture. Ask yourselves, why are cancer cases climbing with every decade?
I learnt recently that if a paramedic sees that you’re an organ donor, they’ll let you die. Weird right?
When something bad happens, we get affected by the effect, never the cause. Why do we normalize statistics that climb every year? Is there a correlation to anything else?
It’s like we’re in a 3-way headlock with Jesus and Satan, and we’re punching Jesus.
God punishes the unjust, the wicked. Do not lump yourself in it, or rebuke God because of it. Earth is OUR home, it is time we claim it back from the evils of the world. From those who wage war then thank ‘god’, to those who exploit nature and its richness, not forgetting those whose only purpose is to control.
Nobody is perfect except Jesus, the only example we’ve ever had of God on Earth. My opinions aren’t perfect, yours aren’t perfect, only He is perfect.
God is testing each and every one of us, daily. Why? He’s humbly requesting for us to change. To not be like Adam & Eve. I never thought I was capable of change. I didn’t know what needed changing, until I changed it, and that was by putting God FIRST.
We should be focusing on building a heaven on Earth. Which is quite impossible for now, but a haven is completely possible. Could we try that first?
I have a plan. Stay tuned.
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