Untapped Power In The Palm Our Hands

So have you ever heard of “U3” capability? It has to do with a new style of memory stick that has been out for a while. I had it and didn’t know. It has been in my pocket for months as I travelled different places and I had no idea.

Now granted I must admit that you have to be a convert to the idea of Computer Stuff. You need to be a little bit knowledgeable about how to work around a computer to be able to understand let alone use this new power.

I would like to take the next few lines to help you know what “U3” is all about – and then make an everyday application.

Almost every computer today has a small rectangular USB port on its exterior. It is a place that you are able to connect a USB apparatus. For many years now this is a place where you connect your keyboard and your mouse on a Desktop or Laptop computer. In the last 5 years extra USB ports have been added to allow you to insert and connect different kinds of extra computer parts – like printers, cameras and hard drives. One special one is a USB Flash Drive – also called a Memory Stick.

I have used a memory stick for more than two years now. It helps to transport files and photos with me without taking the computer with me. I will add the photos I want printed at Wal-Mart or any place that allows me to print the photos myself. I plug it into their machine and then print the photo. It is so easy.

The cost is very low. The last one I bought on sale was $10 Canadian. The special one that was bigger was only $50. It was 1 Gigabyte in size – that is One Billion Bytes of information (an average letter/photo is only 50,000 bytes -50 kb). Wow – a storage capability that staggers an old mind. It was on sale because they have just released a 4 Gigabyte size.

As a computer geek – I almost tingle with this knowledge. Sorry I lost you in that moment.

My discovery…
As I was reading a magazine (Backbone) the author of one article was describing the new and unknown features of the recent “U3 smart drive” – which is one of these memory sticks with special ability.

On this small “U3 smart drive” the creators have made it possible to place Word Processing programs, Internet Browsers, Email Programs and whole array of programs that you may need. The U3 memory stick when inserted into a computer anywhere becomes the complete control you will need to do your work. You write your story (like this one), save it to the stick(like I did with this one), open your Internet Browser on the memory stick, go to your Blogspot (this one) and then upload it for you to read.

It all has been created and completed in a tiny bit of technology that fits snugly in my palm.

I have carried this U3 smart drive and had no clue what it was capable of… Yikes!

What does it mean? When traveling I need not take a computer with me any longer. It is hard to drag the Desk Top computer everywhere you go anyway. It is easier to get a Laptop – but that costs more money. This is a full blown computer capability for about $50. Mind you – you still must have access to a computers – i.e. the library, an office, an airport are all possibilities.

In our new Hospital it was announced this past week that each room will be equipped with an “Integrated Bedside Terminal”. It is like a Laptop computer and a television – all in one. Each will have a USB port… and you can catch the rest I am sure.

Everyday Spiritual Application…
As a pastor I deal with the “Spiritual” all the time. I try to help people to know that God is there for them. I try to point them to the Bible and explain that all the promises that are made – are just for them… that God loves them … etc..

So often there is “powerful programs” right in front of them, available in a heart beat if they will just open it and use it. They just didn’t know. No one had ever told them what they have.

It is so much like my “U3 smart drive” experience. It was in my palm and pocket for so many months and I had no idea what could happen or what was available. I only had to make one click and bingo the power was there for me.

Jesus made a huge promise to you and me. He said..

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.- John 14:12-14

This one simple promise acted upon opens answers to prayers. It brings the possibilities of God’s immediate intervention into our lives when we need it.

Have you prayed today? Try it – it is amazing what God will do.

~ Pastor Murray ~

Backbone Magazine – the story about the “U3 Smart Drive”
http://www.backbonemag.com/Magazine/Executive_Overview10270601.asp