Back in April, there was an unfortunate incident, upon which I shall not elaborate, but which necessitated our family seeking out another mode of transportation.
Thus began more than 3 LONG months of searching for a vehicle, settling with the insurance company (which was excellent to us), deciding which direction to go in and making it work to purchase a new to us vehicle.
We finally settled on a 2004 Chevrolet Venture that needed a little work on the back end. Seeing as it was in the body shop for 3 months and 1 day, it would be safe to say that the little bit of work on the back end turned into a lot of work and actually a clip job.
But at last, the Chevy Venture is in our driveway, and I embarked on the task of completing forms vin verificationAlas, proof of insurance, registration and so forth. For my efforts, a license plate with a diamond in the middle of it (yes, Arkansas has diamond mines).
Michael is a very curious child. Always looking into all kinds of things and seeming to touch everything when we are in a new environment. However, at this point, Karl and I were probably testing and experimenting with things even more than Michael as we tried to get used to our new vehicle.
Our venture has this cool computer display that tells you what direction you are heading and a variety of other pieces of information. One of the things it displays is your current miles per gallon. You love looking at it when you are going down hill and it shows that you are at that moment getting 99 miles per gallon of gallon. With gas prices as high as they are right now, that's a good number to see! But then, there are the uphills. Sometimes the miles per gallon drops to as low as 9. Yikes!
Although I haven't always had the computer display in front of me, being a frugal mother of three, I've tried to drive in a manner to conserve as much fuel as possible. Karl however has confessed that seeing that display has changed the way he drives.
If we could see a special display in our lives, our words and deeds, that would enable us to see whether we were reflecting Jesus at 99 positive witnessing opportunities per moment of life or 9 positive witnessing opportunities per moment of life, would it change "the way we drive?"
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Thanks for stopping by Lisa!
I think knowing Jesus changes the way we live our lives- completely, though not all at once, it takes time. We become more aware of others, their needs and feelings...
I suppose if Jesus were pulling, I could go uphill and get the 99 opportunities to witness per hour. I have noticed that even when I'm coasting along and Jesus isn't pulling, my opp/mi is pretty low.
Good point David. Many people are coasting along and thinking everything is okay. We still need Jesus to maximize or witnessing opportunities!
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