What Do You Think of AI?

June 24, 2025

I read an article by a professor about artificial intelligence, and it was a cautionary article. As with anything else in this digital age, there are pros and cons. There are benefits, but there are dangers too, and we must use caution. As I thought about what I had read, it came to me that just as we are learning that AI can gather a lot of information about us, God has full knowledge of us. Psalm 139 is the go-to scripture passage to confirm my statement.

“O Lord, you have searched me and known me!”

“You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.”

“You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.”and much more . . .

This thought gives me a lot of peace. I remind myself that God knows everything about me. He knows where I live. He guides me each day—if I will listen and follow His leading. When I think of the words from AI when I just asked a question—and the words were well-expressed and accurate, I am reminded that the Holy Spirit gives me words to say when I listen to Him and seek Him. Sometimes a word may come even without my asking. Perhaps you have had that experience. Words may come out of your mouth that surprise you—and they were the right words.

This pondering of God’s knowledge of me reminds me of a story from the early days of my marriage.

We had moved to Waco, Texas, for my husband, Don, to attend Baylor, and I needed a job. I felt like I didn’t have a lot of job skills, but I did know how to type! The first year of our marriage, we attended school in the mornings and had jobs in the afternoon. I worked for Polumbus Engineering in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Millie Blackwelder (she made such an impression on me that I can remember her name 50 years later) was the office manager and my desk was across from hers. For everything I typed, there had to be a proofreader—no mistakes could be found for these engineers whose job was to relocate utilities. I had some apprehension when I went to my job each afternoon, but forever after that I thanked her for the skills I acquired!

I shared with the employment person who was helping me find a job that I always wanted to be a nurse. She found me the perfect job—as a medical transcriptionist, typing reports for two neurosurgeons. I had a lot to learn, but I loved the job.

A year later, when I mentioned to our medical office business manager that we were moving to Norman, Oklahoma , he got excited. He explained he had a friend there, Roger Harrison, who could help me find a job, someone who managed doctors’ offices. Don had been given a teaching assistantship at the University of Oklahoma where he would work on his doctorate.

As soon as we arrived, I called Mr. Harrison, but he said at the time he had no job openings for a medical transcriptionist.

A week passed as I finished typing Don’s master’s thesis for him to make a trip back to Baylor with that in hand. Don returned the weekend of Labor Day, and I told him I was going to spend some time praying while he was in class on Monday.

So that is what I did. He went to school, and I began my prayer time. I prayed first for family needs, friends, and other things that came to mind. Then, I began my prayer for the job need. After I had voiced my prayer, I said these words:

“Father, I choose you to be my ‘employment agent.’”

As soon as those words were out of my mouth, the phone rang. It was Roger Harrison.

“I am working on Labor Day because I am leaving for a trip out of the country soon. I have two internists in Oklahoma City who need a transcriptionist, and I would like you to come to my office right now and fill out the application.”

I did and they hired me! I worked for these two exceptional doctors for years. We moved away and returned to Oklahoma City—and they hired me back! When our daughter, Rebecca, was born, they set me up in my home with all the equipment I needed, and I typed the reports and delivered them daily. Working from home was unheard of at that time. Perhaps they were the first to provide such a workable situation for a mother who wanted to work from home.

When I think of AI and all the benefits, I remind myself that my relationship with God exceeds anything AI can do. I am grateful for technology, but it’s a great comfort to know that my Father in heaven knows everything.

Don received his Ph.D. on 7-7-77 and I did a lot of typing!

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