Gadgets and God

I think it was BILL COSBY who observed that after a certain age, the act of putting on one's socks becomes such a major undertaking that it ought to be AN OLYMPIC EVENT, HOW TRUE!

That's why whoever invented the SOCK PULLER should be canonized. WHAT A GREAT GADGET! If putting on your socks has become a dreaded task, take it from me, THE SOCK PULLER IS THE ANSWER.

So I got to thinking about GADGETS AND GOD. More to the point: How sometimes, GOD CAN BE RELEGATED TO THE STATUS OF A GADGET!

Consider:

1. Gadgets are ONLY reached for when there's a SPECIFIC NEED, e.g. putting on socks, opening mason jars, coring an apple, etc.
2. Often we don't know the gadget's NAME, so we call it A GIZMO, THING-AMA-BOB or WHATCHA-MA-CALLIT.
3. Frequently we "stash" the gadget in the KITCHEN JUNK DRAWER, along with old twisties, dead batteries, a broken corkscrew, mismatched buttons, and other assorted "treasures".
4. We know it's in there somewhere, BUT WE CAN'T FIND IT WHEN WE NEED IT.

If that doesn't sound like the way we sometimes deal with the GOD WHO LOVES US, CREATED US, SAVED US AND EMPOWERS US… I'LL EAT MY SOCK PULLER.