Some of the funniest emails I get are pictures of 'redneck engineered' stuff. I think about the small window air condition unit that was put through the back window of a truck and ran with a generator that sat in the back of the truck. Of course, it was duct taped into place. That was not the window they had in mind when they called it a 'window unit'. I learned to drive in a Volkswagen Bug that had cleaned out half the ditches in the county and almost flipped a bridge before I got it. My Mom and Dad's three boys learned to drive in that car, bless its heart. One thing that worked on that Bug: the heat. The heat of a 1970 Bug (I don't know if Bug should actually be capitalized when its real name was Beetle- this thing was not a Beetle though, but just a Bug, I assure you) came out from under the bottom of the seat. In the one I drove, it came out year round. However, it had those small A frame mirrors that you could point. You point them at the front windshield in the winter and you could defrost, if it was not so cold outside that the windows continued to freeze. In the summer, you point them at yourself and you were blown away by God's air conditioner. That is what those windows were for. If you use something in the way it was intended to be used, it works well. If you don't use it for its intended purpose, like a window A/C unit duct taped in your truck, there will be problems.
Let me tell you what we were intended for. Better yet, let Ephesians 2:10 tell you- For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (www.lifejournal.cc) Once in Christ, we are recreated or made anew by His Holy Spirit to do good works for Him. We will do better works, when we practice good works in Him day in and day out. Practice won't bring perfection, even though the old saying says it will, but it will make us better at doing the good work of Christ in all of our lives. Let's practice that today!
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