Water is Y2K compatible.

There will still be as much water after Dec. 31 as there

is before. It's the availability of water that seems to

cause concern. The availability is the problem not the

water.

All the joys and gifts of

life are Y2K compatible, i.e., if we treat them properly

and appreciate them as gifts of God. We need to consider

the trials of life as gifts also. If properly dealt with,

they contribute toward our personal growth, growth that

might be impossible to achieve otherwise. Unfortunately,

our troubles and pains are Y2K compatible also; they will

still be with us in January, unless we decide to conquer

them and not let them conquer us.

I'm sure you can think of

other examples of Y2K compatibility.

Notice the commonality of

Y2K compatibility - all the important things in life are

under the control of God, and completely Y2K compatible.

Also notice that all the things we suspect as not being

Y2K compatible are man-made.

God made the Y2K compatible

components that we use to make the computer circuits and

programs that eventually turned up not being compatible.

In other words, we really control nothing. All we have

are choices. God really controls everything.

We can either use nature

well or not. We cannot change nature. If you look at

man's meager attempts to "change" nature, they

usually end up at least inadequate and in some cases

quite detrimental. Therefore, we should rest content that

the really important things in life are Y2K compatible

and thank God that He designed a pretty good system. We

need to take better care of it.

The question is, are we Y2K

compatible? Are we ready for the Jubilee year?

Mike Landaiche

Peachtree City