At the risk of sounding a little repetitive (from previous posts), many of us are familiar with the old adage that says all a farmer needs to survive is: 1) a roll of bailing twine, 2) a pair of pliers, 3) a roll of duct tape, and 4) a can of WD-40. Having grown up on a farm, I can personally attest to the truth of all of this.
But in my own experience, when it comes to expediency, while bailing twine is beneficial, pliers are helpful, and WD-40 is useful, I must also note that few things compare to a roll of duct tape. Down through the years, I have used it for most everything from a means to repair a broken tail light to a tool for retrieving a lost weed-eater head from a storm grate.
However, had I known of the manifold uses of WD-40 as set forth in a recent online article titled “WD-40 Has Many Uses; Here Are Some of the Wildest Ones”, I might have selected it over duct tape. The sub-title of the article says it all: “Consumers Have Put WD-40 to Work in Over 2K Ways”!
Wow! Who’d a thunk it?! Two thousand ways to employ a single can of WD-40! And yet, there they all are.
According to the article…
The original formula has been used to remove an animal from an unsuitable place in at least one instance. Someone utilized WD-40 when they found a boa constrictor curled up their vehicle’s engine compartment, the brand said.
In another occasion, it proved handy to law enforcement who needed help dislodging a suspected thief from an air conditioning vent, according to the WD-40 brand. The alleged burglar, who did not have any clothes on at the time, had apparently got stuck.
Some customers have separated stubborn LEGO pieces with the multi-use product.
The WD-40 brand has received reports of it taking on gum too, with people spraying it to free shoes, clothes, carpets and other things from the sticky substance.
The WD-40 multi-use product has also doubled as a paperweight when its can was full, according to the brand. That’s something auto shop workers have used it for.
Another wild use has occurred when artists have gotten creative with it. WD-40 can create "an interesting textured base to work from" when sprayed on a canvas and help make "unique liquid cell shoes" if mixed sparingly with acrylic paint, the brand said on its website.
Apparently, the multi-use aspect of the WD-40 product is also what drives over 80% of its sales. The article continues...
In the most recent quarter, the WD-40 Company saw total net sales come in at $141.7 million. That marked a 14.6% jump from the $123.7 million it reported in the same period last year. What is more, WD-40’s net income for the quarter, meanwhile, was $18.8 million, widening from $14.48 million.
Again I say, “Wow!” Imagine one single product that has over 2000 uses. Any way you slice it, that’s a lot of applications!
As I read this article, I was reminded that those of us who are believers have a vast array of needs. And yet, the Holy Spirit has an equally vast array of solutions to those needs! Whatever we face, whatever we encounter, whatever we come up against, the Holy Spirit has a solution for our given predicament.
I’m personally glad to know that WD-40 has so many applications. Most assuredly, I’ll be drawing upon that knowledge in the future. And as I said, it will now likely move to the front of the line as regards a farmer’s list of expedient items to have on hand.
More to the point, I will take from this a reminder from Heaven that, when it comes to my ongoing needs, nothing really compares to the ability and/or assistance of the Holy Spirit in my hour of need!
The Bible (in the First New Testament Epistle of Peter, chapter 5, verse 7) encourages us to cast, not part, but all of our cares upon the Lord, because He cares for us. Little wonder then that Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our “Helper” in the Gospel of John, chapter 14, verse 26 (English Standard Version).
To be sure, a list of some 2000 plus uses of WD-40 is truly impressive. But given that over two billion people purport to be believers on planet earth today (not to mention the untold billions of believers who have lived and died in the last two thousand years), then surely the abilities and applications of the miraculous power of the Holy Spirit in all these lives in infinitely more remarkable!
NOTES:
My title, “Universal Solvent”, is an intended double entendre. Webster’s Dictionary defines a solvent as either “that which can or does dissolve” or else “something that provides a solution”. My focus here is on the latter definition.
Cf.: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solvent.
ARTICLE SOURCE:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/wd-40-uses-wildest-ones.
SCRIPTURE SOURCE:
https://www.biblehub.com/kjv/1_peter/5-7.htm;
https://biblehub.com/john/14-26.htm.
SEE ALSO:
https://www.cleoejacksoniii.com/my-ongoing-thoughts/universal-problem-solver;
https://www.cleoejacksoniii.com/my-ongoing-thoughts/threadbare.
But in my own experience, when it comes to expediency, while bailing twine is beneficial, pliers are helpful, and WD-40 is useful, I must also note that few things compare to a roll of duct tape. Down through the years, I have used it for most everything from a means to repair a broken tail light to a tool for retrieving a lost weed-eater head from a storm grate.
However, had I known of the manifold uses of WD-40 as set forth in a recent online article titled “WD-40 Has Many Uses; Here Are Some of the Wildest Ones”, I might have selected it over duct tape. The sub-title of the article says it all: “Consumers Have Put WD-40 to Work in Over 2K Ways”!
Wow! Who’d a thunk it?! Two thousand ways to employ a single can of WD-40! And yet, there they all are.
According to the article…
The original formula has been used to remove an animal from an unsuitable place in at least one instance. Someone utilized WD-40 when they found a boa constrictor curled up their vehicle’s engine compartment, the brand said.
In another occasion, it proved handy to law enforcement who needed help dislodging a suspected thief from an air conditioning vent, according to the WD-40 brand. The alleged burglar, who did not have any clothes on at the time, had apparently got stuck.
Some customers have separated stubborn LEGO pieces with the multi-use product.
The WD-40 brand has received reports of it taking on gum too, with people spraying it to free shoes, clothes, carpets and other things from the sticky substance.
The WD-40 multi-use product has also doubled as a paperweight when its can was full, according to the brand. That’s something auto shop workers have used it for.
Another wild use has occurred when artists have gotten creative with it. WD-40 can create "an interesting textured base to work from" when sprayed on a canvas and help make "unique liquid cell shoes" if mixed sparingly with acrylic paint, the brand said on its website.
Apparently, the multi-use aspect of the WD-40 product is also what drives over 80% of its sales. The article continues...
In the most recent quarter, the WD-40 Company saw total net sales come in at $141.7 million. That marked a 14.6% jump from the $123.7 million it reported in the same period last year. What is more, WD-40’s net income for the quarter, meanwhile, was $18.8 million, widening from $14.48 million.
Again I say, “Wow!” Imagine one single product that has over 2000 uses. Any way you slice it, that’s a lot of applications!
As I read this article, I was reminded that those of us who are believers have a vast array of needs. And yet, the Holy Spirit has an equally vast array of solutions to those needs! Whatever we face, whatever we encounter, whatever we come up against, the Holy Spirit has a solution for our given predicament.
I’m personally glad to know that WD-40 has so many applications. Most assuredly, I’ll be drawing upon that knowledge in the future. And as I said, it will now likely move to the front of the line as regards a farmer’s list of expedient items to have on hand.
More to the point, I will take from this a reminder from Heaven that, when it comes to my ongoing needs, nothing really compares to the ability and/or assistance of the Holy Spirit in my hour of need!
The Bible (in the First New Testament Epistle of Peter, chapter 5, verse 7) encourages us to cast, not part, but all of our cares upon the Lord, because He cares for us. Little wonder then that Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our “Helper” in the Gospel of John, chapter 14, verse 26 (English Standard Version).
To be sure, a list of some 2000 plus uses of WD-40 is truly impressive. But given that over two billion people purport to be believers on planet earth today (not to mention the untold billions of believers who have lived and died in the last two thousand years), then surely the abilities and applications of the miraculous power of the Holy Spirit in all these lives in infinitely more remarkable!
NOTES:
My title, “Universal Solvent”, is an intended double entendre. Webster’s Dictionary defines a solvent as either “that which can or does dissolve” or else “something that provides a solution”. My focus here is on the latter definition.
Cf.: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solvent.
ARTICLE SOURCE:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/wd-40-uses-wildest-ones.
SCRIPTURE SOURCE:
https://www.biblehub.com/kjv/1_peter/5-7.htm;
https://biblehub.com/john/14-26.htm.
SEE ALSO:
https://www.cleoejacksoniii.com/my-ongoing-thoughts/universal-problem-solver;
https://www.cleoejacksoniii.com/my-ongoing-thoughts/threadbare.