dead mac

So, my mac died on Tuesday - losing everything I had worked on for a year. Yeah, yeah, I know I should back-up. Well, it didn't exactly die, as such... but, I had to run a factory restore and lost all the files. This is not the first time this has happened to me with a computer. Was I relying to heavily on the fact that Mac's are more reliable than that PC that died last year? I am terrible at remembering to backup too, so this is partially my FAULT.

Anyway, I just had an idea that this was like, a biblical principle. You know when the author of hebrews talks about life being a race and looking forward to the end, rather than looking back. Kinda like how I live my life - cept, I live more in the moment than looking towards the finish line. I will not think about what is lost, but look ahead at what is in store... does that even make sense???

Hebrews 12:1-3 (from the Message)
Discipline in a Long-Distance Race
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!