Daily Archives: August 6, 2014

I had to run down to our courthouse this morning and on my way crossing the street to the office I was visiting.  A Sheriff’s car was parked on the curb, I noticed this sign at the bottom of the cage in the back seat.  I was going to make an image with my iPhone, but when I came out, it was gone.  So I broke my own rule, walked past a shot, assuming it would still be there, when I returned!  But that is not the point of this entry.  I recreated the sign as close as I can remember it, above.

 

The point is, who ends up sitting in the back seat of a Sheriff’s car? I think we can agree that the occupants of that space are, more often than not, in trouble!  Maybe drunk driving or breaking and entering, maybe something worse. The officer who drove that squad car, obviously wanted his arrested individuals to focus on something that might make a difference!

 

If you think about it, we’ve all been in that back seat, at least symbolically.  Romans says, “We have all fallen short of the Glory of God”  That means that we are “all” sinners, just like that person in the back seat, maybe a different sin, but sinners none the less.  What we’ve done is not the issue.  What we do about it, is!

 

If someone asks me what they can do when they have gotten to the end of their rope, I say what the sign in the back of the cars says.

 

When you don’t know what to do, look for the Answer!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim