waiting

I am currently very frustrated. Microsoft has kindly sent me some updates for programs on my computer. That is very thoughtful of them.

However the process of updating requires a restart of my computer and it has so far taken the best part of an hour to install the updates and it has been working on update 8 for most of that time. There is activity on my hard disk so I assume it’s still actively updating.

There is also a polite message on screen at the moment: “Please do not power off or unplug your machine.” That prevents the official tech support solution of turning it off and on again.

It’s frustrating because there is stuff on my computer that I need for tonight’s church meeting and I can’t get to it. It’s frustrating because I was in the middle of producing a PowerPoint for Sunday evening’s sermon and I can’t continue with that.

At what point do I give up and reboot regardless of the polite request? If I do try that will the computer go into stroppy teenager mode and refuse to do anything because it is in a huff?

Sitting here waiting (im)patiently for the update to finish I am grateful that God is not like me. When the updates that he offers me by the Spirit fail to get installed or I take ages to install them or I crash he patiently tries again. And he does not require a reboot. A quick prayer returns me to pristine condition.

Be patient, be blessed, be a blessing.
(Sent from my Blackberry cos computer is STILL updating)