Slow down big fella!!

I've gradually become a morning person over the course of my working career. I'm one of those people who get up at an early hour (5 a.m. for me), have coffee and some breakfast, and then roar off to work to conquer all manner of tasks, projects, and assignments. However, it all sometimes comes to a screeching halt when I encounter the dreaded "computer problem" at the office. Are you like me in that you get a bad feeling when the computer pops a window up that says something like, "Microsoft has encountered a problem and needs to restart your computer in....." For me at my office that's usually about a thirty minute wait. Pretty much all of our work resides in that CPU and when there's some issue, which is quite often actually, we come to a standstill while we wait for it to be fixed. Most often that wait time is spent impatiently watching the screen for clues as to when things will be back up and running.
One of the things I've learned is that the down time can be a blessing, a time of quiet reflection, deep thinking, or just a "slow down time". Maybe those moments or occurences of computer downtime are God's way of insisting that I take a time out to think about the real big picture. I'm here to glorify God with my actions and words even on the job. Sometimes I so inclined to work hard, knocking out projects one by one that I lose sight of my real purpose. For that I say, slow me down Lord!
So next time I see that message from Microsoft I should take it as a real time out, and not stress out over lost production time. I want to look at it as the blessing that it really is. Time to reflect, time to look out my office window and thank God for the beauty and blessing of the world he's placed me into. Amen.