Pens would not work at zero gravity

Sometimes it is the simple solutions that work best; the problem is that we
often reject them just because they seem too simple to work. Some folks
reason, that if it is that simple it can't possibly be right.

A friend sent me a list of simple rules to live by recently, here is one:
"To avoid cutting yourself when cutting vegetables, simply get someone else
to hold them while you cut." Now I ask you, what could be a more simple
solution than that?

I also read that when NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they
found out that the pens would not work at zero gravity (ink will not flow
down to the writing surface). Solution 1: To solve this problem, it took
them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero
gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including
crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees
C. Solution 2: And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.

We live in a messed up world in lots of ways, quite often value systems are
very questionable. Probably each of us has an idea of what a perfect world
would be like. I know that this will vary with each individual, but
basically everyone wants to have a peaceful world in which to live. For most
it contains the idea of it being a world free from evil, no relationship
problems, no fear, etc. The solution is simple and it hasn't ever changed.

In Genesis God saw (in advance) mankind's tendency to mess things up and
seek after the wrong things and he laid down one simple rule. The rule was,
"Don't". And today men ask, "Don't what"? God's response is, "Don't do what
I told you not do to!" And man's response is, "Oh that, I don't think that
really matters!" God might rely, "Do you want me to come down there again?
Remember what happened to Adam and Eve when I did."

If we could just get mankind to understand that the perfect world is a
possibility, if we will just do what God says. If we could do that, things
really would change for the good. You can argue about what is or is not
acceptable to God, but there is only one way to get it right. Go to the
source, God's Word. The problem is that many can't seem to shake off the
vice like grip of the world that has hold on them. Jesus offered a prayer to
the Father for his followers in John 17:14-17. These followers had a similar
problem; notice what he said, "I have given them Your word. And the world
hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong
to the world. I'm not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep
them safe from the evil one. They do not belong to this world any more than
I do. Make them holy by Your truth; teach them Your word, which is truth."
Another translation says, "Thy word is truth!"

Like I said earlier, it is the simple solutions that most often work and are
most often rejected by folks. If your world is troubled, then why not give
God's way a chance. Stop doing what your friend, family, co-workers and
Hollywood say is the right way to live. It's easy to see that their lives
don't have peace. Why not begin to listen to the one who gave you life, the
one with the words of truth. Where do you find it you might ask, why not
look to your Bible for the answers.

Russ Lawson