Great news! The blog is back to running normally on Internet Explorer. Two great readers, Tim and Richie, came up with the solution independently. It seems that some some bad HTML code got inserted into my post on nothing to fear but fear itself. I copied the brief excerpt from FDR’s address from the website I listed. When I cut and pasted the excerpt, I would imagine that I brought over some formatting code along with the words. Internet Explorer seems to be a bit touchy about things like that and froze up. Try Firefox, folks! Once clued in to the cause of the problem, I eliminated the offending code and things were back to normal immediately.

This little episode kind of reminded me of life itself. We all seem to have areas of life where there is some offending code lurking beneath the surface, out of sight and interrupting life’s normal flow. It may be deep hurt, some bitterness, a bad habit, a character flaw or just plain old sin! We may look in the mirror and think things are normal. Others, though, see a flaw that to us is still invisible.

Ignoring or denying the problem doesn’t solve anything. The only solution is to become aware of the problem and cut it out. It’s often hard for us to see our own corrupted code, but this is why we need each other. This helps me understand a bit better what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. Matthew 7:3-5

Sometimes it’s the hardest task of all to see our own offending corrupt code. Thanks for the help and thanks for your patience while this techincal difficulty was resolved. More later!