How many have you done, according to the 10/07 issue of Popular Mechanics?
1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass
10. Use a torque wrench
11. Sharpen a knife
12. Perform CPR
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data
17. Paint a room
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network
Ok, so you've done a majority of the list. Have you taught anyone else? If kept to ourselves, skills will pass away with us. We should always look for ways to elevate those around us. Any one of these skills might prove valuable to someone, someday.
I would submit changing the list to the following Gospel version:
1. Patch a broken relationship
2. Protect your family
3. Rescue the perishing
4. Frame a wall on a mission project
5. Retouch with a mentor
6. Back up a brother in need
7. Build a new relationship
8. Fix a dead ministry
9. Navigate with the Bible and Holy Spirit
10. Use a torque wrench to help a single mother fix her car
11. Sharpen as iron sharpens iron
12. Perform CPR on church apathy
13. Fillet a fish at the homeless shelter
14. Maneuver a brother out of sin
15. Get a brother unstuck from sin
16. Back up and see others as Jesus sees them
17. Paint a room for a widow
18. Mix in as salt of the earth
19. Clean your spiritual weapons
20. Change your attitude daily
21. Hook up with your local church
22. Bleed is a word never forgotten
23. Paddle through adversity
24. Fix a flat for a teenager
25. Extend your prayer network
Pass it on.
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