By Pastor Mark Hopper

What did you get your father on Father’s Day?  Some dads receive clothes and others were given sweets.  Many fathers like to get something useful and practical on Fathers Day.

I enjoy doing yard work but my most of my tools are old and well used.  But, why buy a new tool if the old one still works?

However, my electric hedge trimmer was not working very well.  The hedge trimmer had belonged to my father-in-law.

I don’t know how long he had owned it but it was probably over 30 years old.  It took a lot of time to trim the hedges around my house.  The results were not very good.  The trimmer was on its last legs.

Recently, I saw an ad in the mail that a local hardware store had a sale on a Black & Decker hedge trimmer.  I told my wife about the ad and how this would make a perfect Father’s Day gift.

What a difference a new tool can make!  I was able to trim the hedges in half the time and they looked much better than they did with the old trimmer.

I was surprised at how much better things looked and how much easier it was to get the job done.  I’m sure my neighbor’s were impressed too.

When I saw how much better the new trimmer worked, I wondered why I had waited so long to replace the old one.

Are some old tools or worn out appliances around your house?  Is that computer or smart phone you are using is almost an antique?

Maybe it is time to upgrade or replace a something in your life?  Don’t put it off.  Do something about it this week.  You will be glad you did and others will too!

Pastor Mark Hopper is from the Evangelical Free Church of Diamond Bar, 3255 South Diamond Bar Blvd.  Sunday services are 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.  For more information, call (909) 594-7604 or visit Efreedb.org.