The Value of a Good Set of Brakes
Years ago as a ministry student in college a friend and I had a semester-long internship at a church about an hour away from campus. Each Sunday we would make the scenic drive from the suburbs of Philadelphia northwest to the more rural Pennsylvania city of Allentown. Art, my friend and cohort, had the car, so he would drive his blue Ford Maverick and I would navigate. I have many fond memories of our Sunday drives and our time spent up in Allentown, but I will never forget one particular Sunday morning trip. We were coasting along one beautiful Fall Sunday morning, and as navigator I instructed Art to make the next left turn. But instead of turning, he just sailed by. As we missed our turn I asked Art what the problem was and his reply went something like this - "My brakes aren't working well." Not exactly what I wanted to hear! Panic shot through my soul. I'm no mechanic but even I know that brakes are fairly important! So...