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"Well," I said, "when I saw that the petrol was getting low I went as fast as I could to get off the motorway before I ran out." I could not understand why he found that so very funny, but when he stopped laughing he explained that going fast used more petrol so I'd run out sooner. (Sorry if you all know this I was pretty young!) In my ignorance I'd come up with the wrong answer, even though I'd thought it through quite carefully. I didn't suffer much in this episode, except total humiliation when telling my friends, but I did learn something and it hasn't happened since. Ignorance can be very dangerous as it can land us in all sorts of predicaments where the outcome might be quite damaging. We can see that quite easily when we look at children's behaviour - oblivious to hot fires, sharp knives and slippery floors. But are we so perceptive over our spiritual lives? Do we recognise the pitfalls and turn away, or deal with them? Do we 'survive' by the grace of God, but continue unchanged so that it happens time and time again? Ignorance is dangerous, but refusing to learn from our mistakes can
be even more damaging. Christians need to have teachable natures,
eager to leam, happy to change, and eternally grateful that God will
never give up on us! Sue Whitehead |
I was driving home the other day and I was nearly out of petrol. Unlike
young people who seem to run their cars on the smell of petrol - they
rarely have enough cash to fill the tank! - this is a very unusual
occurrence for me. I did run out once (only once) when I was driving
down a motorway on my way home. When the AA man arrived with a gallon
| of petrol he made some 'small talk' by | asking me how it had happened,
