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So I am not going to get into the over use of the term “cloud” in the computing world today but I would like to look at an idea that has been rolling around in my head for the last few days.  With the launch of Google Drive there is yet another major player in the online storage space.  There are a large number of them and The Verge did a nice comparison over here.  That is all well and good and there  are several place online to get free “cloud” storage.  Users can now select the one that they desire to use.  Once you have hit the limit of the free space for a provider what do you do then?  You can select to pay for their services and increase the storage space or select an additional service and go down the same path… but what if there was another solution.  So the idea rolling around in my head would be “cloud storage” aggregation.  The idea is to have one service running on your device (computer/mobile device/…) that you authenticate with several cloud storage providers.  The aggregator then takes care of synchronizing your files up to one or more of your cloud storage provider spread the load and storage.   Based on some rough calculations there is 50+ GB of free online cloud storage.  Just a thought…

Today in worship I was singing along and praising God when right after I joyfully sang the following lyrics I was struck and had to stop

Lord use us (me) as You want, whatever the test

I was struck by the power and responsibility of that statement. As I was standing their silently reflecting on this I was convicted that I don’t believe that I could sing that with full truth. I have said yes to the Lord in many places and callings not knowing what would come of it… spreading the Gospel, world travel, unemployment, sleepless nights…

But am I ready to stand before the creator of the universe, my Savior, my God, my redemption, my Lord, my all and say; use me as You want, no matter the test!?!  I know what my Jesus would want me to say, I know what my heart should say.  My Savior Jesus left eternity to enter this world and be humbly born as a human, lived among us, taught us, feed us, prepared us, lived without sin and then was crucified brutally on a cross and died.  His death was not for anything He had done, but instead the punishment for my sins and the sins of all people from eternity to eternity were laid upon Him.  So where is the joy, where is the hope, why would submit my life to this Lord and be used no matter the test?  The joy is found in the resurrection of my Savior Jesus Christ, whom on the third day was raised from the dead, defeating death and hell for all of eternity.  My Savior lives, my Savior has concurred death so that I can live, so that all might live if they place their faith, trust, their all in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

So, whatever the test… what is your answer?