Post by racinchaplain on Jun 22, 2006 10:46:32 GMT -5
All the innovations for safety located in the driver’s compartment
that allowed Jeff Gordon to walk away from his Pocono crash caused
Matt’s trouble on pit road. A driver can not see to his right.
Take your normal “blind spot” in a passenger car and add to it that
you can not even turn your head to look. The crew chief or spotter
is in charge of telling the driver if he can not exit the pit in the
normal fashion. Normally, when the jack falls, the driver exits as
fast as he can, but Bill Lester was cutting into his pit ahead of
Matt’s pit at the same time, and Matt hit him.
Much of our lives are just normal occurrences. We don’t anticipate
trouble; we assume our days will go without trauma. However, we all
experience accidents and near misses, sometimes not even knowing how
close we came to disaster. We speak of having a ‘guardian angel’
protecting us, but we actually have more. We have the Spirit of God
who is able to direct a believer in Jesus Christ, who will direct
one’s path, if such direction is sought. He is our ‘spotter,’ so to
speak. One of the problems that a driver can have in exiting his
pit is that only one person can talk at a time over the radio. If
the crew chief is talking to his pit crew about the great job they
did in getting the car out of the pits, while the spotter is telling
the driver to “STOP” in order to avoid a collision, then he is
unable to do so unless his radio has an override of all other
radios. Our ‘spotter’ is always on line. The problem is not His,
if we fail to hear Him. The Bible instructs us to, “Be still and
know that I am God.” If we seek Him, He will be found. As we move
through life, this allows us to always have direct guidance from the
One whose view is greater than ours, and whose heart is only for our
good. This may not keep us from all danger and trouble, for our
interaction is with those who, many times, are on their own path,
which conflicts with God’s desire for our lives. “He will be there
to help us with the repairs, and will bring us to a flourishing
finish.” (Phil. 1:6 Message)
that allowed Jeff Gordon to walk away from his Pocono crash caused
Matt’s trouble on pit road. A driver can not see to his right.
Take your normal “blind spot” in a passenger car and add to it that
you can not even turn your head to look. The crew chief or spotter
is in charge of telling the driver if he can not exit the pit in the
normal fashion. Normally, when the jack falls, the driver exits as
fast as he can, but Bill Lester was cutting into his pit ahead of
Matt’s pit at the same time, and Matt hit him.
Much of our lives are just normal occurrences. We don’t anticipate
trouble; we assume our days will go without trauma. However, we all
experience accidents and near misses, sometimes not even knowing how
close we came to disaster. We speak of having a ‘guardian angel’
protecting us, but we actually have more. We have the Spirit of God
who is able to direct a believer in Jesus Christ, who will direct
one’s path, if such direction is sought. He is our ‘spotter,’ so to
speak. One of the problems that a driver can have in exiting his
pit is that only one person can talk at a time over the radio. If
the crew chief is talking to his pit crew about the great job they
did in getting the car out of the pits, while the spotter is telling
the driver to “STOP” in order to avoid a collision, then he is
unable to do so unless his radio has an override of all other
radios. Our ‘spotter’ is always on line. The problem is not His,
if we fail to hear Him. The Bible instructs us to, “Be still and
know that I am God.” If we seek Him, He will be found. As we move
through life, this allows us to always have direct guidance from the
One whose view is greater than ours, and whose heart is only for our
good. This may not keep us from all danger and trouble, for our
interaction is with those who, many times, are on their own path,
which conflicts with God’s desire for our lives. “He will be there
to help us with the repairs, and will bring us to a flourishing
finish.” (Phil. 1:6 Message)