Who restores?

The taskbar at the bottom of my laptop screen

flashed, a reminder that updates were waiting

ever obedient, I clicked to download

and busied myself with other things

after the install, I had to reset the computer

and as often happens, things were not quite right

when the screen came back up

nothing I tried corrected the problems

it was time to resort to system restore

taking the computer back

to a time before the offending updates

while this ran, I opened my journal

sensing my Lord has something to share

your technology

has the capacity

to return to an earlier

moment in time

to take changes

errors, problems

and make them disappear

as if they had never happened

and I, yes I, do this

not for machines

but for lives

I Am the Restorer

I Am making all things new

I wipe slates clean

I have already forgotten

what you still cling to

you can let it all go

step into the reset

fresh and clean

walking with Emily in broken redemption