My first trip to Europe in 1990 was eye-opening. When driving on the autobahn, there was no speed limit! That was great for making quick time, but dangerous for us newbies who weren’t accustomed to such freedom. The Porsche’s and BMW’s were in the left lane doing 200 mph and the trucks were in the right lane doing 40 mph. We had to constantly watch our rear-view mirror and be alert at all times. Then in Hungary, it got worse. When you wanted to pass, you turned on your left turn signal and just pulled out. Drivers on both sides of the two-lane road eased over toward the shoulder and made three lanes out of the two-lane road. It got a little scary when an oncoming car was passing as well. We never saw a fender-bender, but we often saw tragically totaled cars. It seemed that life was so cheap. Drivers would literally risk their lives just to get one car-length ahead. James said in James 4:14, “… For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” James never drove a car in Europe, but he did know something of the brevity of life. Hey, you won’t live forever. You would be wise to make plans for eternity.
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