A Good Lesson

I had a 'teachable' moment today at work. I have been at my job for almost 6 years. Well, my calculator decided not to work anymore. I had to get a new one. Of course it was a newer, more sophisticated model and it didn't do all of the things my old calculator did. Or, should I say, it did all the things my old calculator did but it was on a more sophisticated scale and I just couldn't figure it out!!! I experimented, I pulled out the manual..didn't understand it, I called on a few coworkers to help.. I complained to everyone that would listen...Get this...I actually considered trading my NEW calculator with one of my coworkers to get the OLDER one that I was familiar with....
I went to lunch. When I got back to work and was ready to 'use' the calculator again, I found it wasn't on. I flicked the switch on and off several times, I unplugged it, plugged it back up. I even took it to some one elses desk and plugged it in. Nothing. From there I went to my Supervisor's office and plugged it in. Nothing. Everything on my desk was working perfectly. What was wrong? The calculator was fine all morning!!
Well, it dawned on me clearly the POWER OF THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH!! I sat there and reflected on how I 'cursed' that calculator all morning. (I didn't 'curse' at it but I talked negative to it and about it all morning) I complained about it..I got mad at it. I was so busy I did not want to take the time to figure out how it worked. I even considered trading a new model in for the old. Wow. I had to repent. If you didn't get it yet...let me explain. How many times does God try to elevate us to another level? Take us to a new place? Because it's a new atmosphere that we are not familiar with, we want to actually go back to our comfort zone. When things on the new level doesn't seem to be working right or we get frustrated with it, we beging to think and talk negative against it. We begin to doubt and instead of going forward, we just feel more familiar with just going back to where we were and what we're used to. OUCH!! I can go on and on but God was really showing me how speaking and thinking negative about anything can KILL IT DEAD. That brand NEW calculator died because I cursed it!!! LOL!! I know that sounds extreme...but hey...it was a teachable moment and when we continue to talk negative about any person or thing or movement, it will eventually wither and die. Thank you Lord for showing me this lesson. I have been meditating on it all afternoon.