Time I’m typing this: April 17 2023 5:42 PM
I ran to the print shop, it was about to close 5:00 PM. I was distracted helping my sister with her academics with my mother there. I made it in time. I told the receptionist I was there to print a file. I gave her my USB, she plugged it into a USB port, and then asked me what the file name was. I told her “Print.docx”, but she told me she couldn’t find it.
I asked her to show me the screen of File Explorer and suddenly there were .pdfs, folders, items that I did not recognize at all. I suddenly realized the USB must have gotten corrupted and she agreed. I told her I would be back, but she told me the store would close in 4 minutes, so she gave me the store email that I can use to send the file. Though, I plan on coming back physically later.
It must have been fate. Because in my current situation that I’ve been in for many years, my movement options are quite limited. Think of a bishop that can only move diagonally on a chess board. So this was a good opportunity to go out. I brought 10 Gospel tracts I had written which I think maybe said something kinda along the lines of
Luke 3:6 All flesh shall see the salvation of God
www.jesus-saves-all.com
Believe in Jesus Christ and gain permanent life, all will
[that was on the front]
Christian Universalism
Thus all people will go to Heaven
[that was on the back]
I can’t remember what it was exactly, since I did, post them around the city. And now I’m back home. But it was a good run, nice and sunny out. So I came back, decided to plug in my USB and see what was wrong. I looked and saw the regular file there. What happened?
1) Does their computer system have a corruption? So something wrong on their end, but not mine.
2) Did the staff worker want to go home already so they pretended the file was corrupted? I did not see my USB in File Explorer, yet it was plugged in, but they could have accomplished this by ejecting the USB through the operating system. So not appearing digitally, but still plugged in physically.
3) Did somebody else install a virus on their computer? Maybe a customer that came before me? And now their system is corrupted.
4) The worker was looking at the wrong folder, or a virtual machine inside of an operating system which has it’s own instance of File Explorer, so that’s why I couldn’t see my USB there.
Either way, those at least have possibilities. But what happened next truly shocked me. I don’t remember anything like this happening before.
My first USB was already plugged into my computer (EliteDesk G4 Mini). I plugged in the second USB into my computer and saw there was a “Print.docx” already there. I opened it and it was the same word content as the “Print.docx” in my first USB. In fact, it was a copy! I was and still am shocked.
Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.
Why was the file that I wanted to copy from the first USB already in the second USB. This second USB was in my cabinet, locked with a key, and I just grabbed it now. I do not remember copying it there myself before. Why was it already there?
Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
For me, I see this as the Lord assisting me in unexpected ways. I did indeed wanted to copy the file over anyways, so the fact that it was already there did make things convenient. It also made for this interesting series of real-life events that I have written about with this story.
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
If the Lord is willing to potentially help with even small matters like copy and pasting a file, imagine how much more so He is willing to save the whole world. And He is capable of Universal Reconciliation! Because His Son, Christ Jesus, died to save the whole world!
As well, here’s the file information below:
Name: Print.docx
Date modified: 2023-04-15 12:53 PM
Type: Microsoft Word Document
Size: 48 KB
Location E:\
Size: 47.3 KB (48,535 bytes)
Size on disk: 48.0 KB (49,152 byes)
Created: February 22, 2023, 9:32:03 AM
Modified: April 15, 2023, 12:53:28 PM
Accessed: April 17, 2023
Program name Microsoft Office Word
Content created 2023-04-14 10:29 PM
Date last saved 2023-04-15 12:53 PM
Total editing time 00:05:00
Content type: officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Pages 2
Word count 7214
Character count 41121
Line count 342
Paragraph count 96
Template Normal.dotm
Scale No
File
Size 47.3 KB
Date created 2023-02-22 9:32 AM
Date modified 2023-04-15 12:53 PM
Date accessed 2023-04-17 12:00 AM
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Type: USB Drive
Used Space 114,688 112 KB
Free space: 7,735,443,456 7.20 GB
Capacity: 7,735,558,144 7.20 GB
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1 Peter 1:8-9 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
For me, technology is a tool to express love to the Lord, through these writings. And thanks to this computer I have been able to witness to others His Glory. Therefore, I welcome His assistance with open arms
