Learning to Drive
In my part of the world, there has been considerable discussion lately of the problem of inexperienced teenage drivers being killed in car accidents, and what to do about it.
Here's a thought:
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Prov 22:6)
By the time they are teenagers, just getting their license, it may well be too late to train them. They have had over a decade of sitting in their parents' cars learning not just how to drive, but what attitude to have to road rules and to other drivers.
How might knowing this change the way you drive with children in the back seat? As you drive, ask yourself this: what are my children learning from me about driving, and will I regret it when they start to drive and when I worry about whether they are going to make it home?
What is the Christian way to drive a car? Love, treating others as you would want to be treated, grace, generosity, forgiveness, and obeying authority are concepts that spring to mind—concepts that would make us very different (‘holy’) drivers on our roads.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Pet 1:14-16)