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The Time I Drove a Car with no Brakes…….
Posted by Vince in Leadership, Rest, Time on January 26th, 2010
Have you ever driven a car with no brakes? I don’t mean brakes that aren’t working well, but one that has no brakes! Well I have and let me tell you it sucks. Let me tell you how it went down. About 9 years ago I had an 81 Grand Prix and it needed a brake job in every way – about 700 dollars worth of work. Yet I still needed to get to work which was on the other side of town like 14 miles.
I got to work that day just fine, yet, on my way home as I was going to slow down to get on the highway the brakes didn’t work! Not at all! Now, if you’re thinking I was freaking out you’d be right. I’m now on the highway doing 70 mph and have no brakes. I was thinking what do I do? How am I going to stop this car? We’ve all seen how this ends in the movies. I figured, I’m either going to run into something or drive off a cliff. Either way I wasn’t looking forward to it.
At this point I thinking I needed an exit that had a long ramp and drive off time. I remembered one that was a few miles up. I was so blessed that traffic never slowed down and kept flowing. When I reached the exit I ran in to a problem – there where cars in the way! Somehow I managed to avoid them and find the field that I knew was right of that exit. I drove through the field and swerved back and forth until the car slowed down enough that I could just throw it in park.
In my entire life I’ve never met anyone who has driven without any brakes. Nor have I met anyone who did it and managed not to hit anything and from what I see in the movies it’s not possible. I would like to think it was the fact I’m a NASCAR fan and have great driving skills that help me out but I know it was God who protected me.
See, sometimes as leaders we are so busy going and going that the brakes of our lives give out on us. We don’t take the time to service our brakes. I could have spent that $700 and had working brakes, but instead I chose to keep driving until I had no choice but to get them fixed. It’s the same in life, we NEED to take the time to rest in Him so that He can strengthen us and so we minister out of the overflow of our time with Him instead of just swerving in a field trying not to crash.
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Daylight Savings Time
Posted by Vince in Leadership, Time on November 2nd, 2009
Almost everyone knows that twice a year we adjust our clocks. In the spring we move them ahead 1 hour and in the fall we move them back 1 hour. This is done basically to give us more give extra natural light to help save on artificial light. The idea for first suggested by Benjamin Franklin back in 1784 but was not put in to use till 1916.
In our on personal life we should examine them to see what changes need to made from season to season. It is very easy to get caught in our set daily routines. Yet never really look at those routines to see what may need to be changed. We might be in a time of life where having to much on our plate is not what we need. For instance maybe you’re about to get married or children. Instead of just seeing what happen try being intentional with you marriage or your children. If your plate is already full you’ll have to look at to see what changes need to be made for these important additions.
Now you might be the opposite, your plate maybe a little on the empty side and you need to fill it up some more. See there is no perfect plan for one size fits all or the same plan will work your entire life. We cant assume what you did in 20”s works in your 30’s or even what you did this past summer will work this winter.
Just like daylight saving time, when things change it takes sometime to get use to. For some it’s a week or less for others bit longer. Either way I encourage you to look at your plate and see if this is the right amount for this season of my life.
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