On Word Processors

Have you really ever thought about how easy word processing is today? I mean, barely 15 to 20 years ago typewriters were still a mainframe in the business/office world. Now, we just hop on our computers and type away with programs like Microsoft Word (or your own word processing preference).

Most word processing programs today are WYSIWYG programs: What You See Is What You Get. Basically, what you see typed on your computer screen is pretty much what you see when you print it out. It's quite nice. Not too long ago, these features were not available, and you had to work something up, print it, fix it, print it, fix it again, and then maybe the 3rd time you printed it, it looked how you wanted it. But no longer. Now, we can throw pictures, text, graphics, and anything else we want on there and make it look exactly how we want it on the screen. Pretty neat.

Scripture tells in Matthew 12:34 that "out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." In other words, what is present in our hearts will be evident in what we say. If our hearts are pure and righteous, then what we say will be complimentary to that. However, if our hearts are evil and wicked, then our speech will resemble that. Not only do our words reflect the condition of our hearts, but also our actions. Basically, with our hearts, WYSIWYG. What we do and say is a true depiction of what are hearts are like.

When you print something out that has an error, you don't scratch through it with a pen and call it fixed. You have to go back to the computer and fix it in the word processor so that you can print out a new copy.

Likewise, as Christians, we cannot become "better Christians" by trying to talk better or act better. It's a condition of the heart, and we must fix the problem at the source. We must change our hearts before we can truly change what we say and do. Otherwise, we'll just keep spitting out errors in our lifestyle.

Never thought word processing could be so spiritual, did you?