A Present Help...

Many times I've been confronted with a seemingly insurmountable technical obstacle whereupon I just stare at the screen and think, "I don't have a clue what to do next." This has happened more times than I would like to admit.

Like today for instance. I modified some application code, which created an obtuse error along the lines of "an error has occurred." What? How do I solve "an error has occurred?" I looked at the code for a couple of hours, trying different things, moving things around. I had only changed a few lines; I couldn't see anything wrong! Until finally...

"God, please show me what I'm doing wrong."

Eureka! There it was, the missing needle in the haystack! I could have searched the rest of the day without finding it.