Oncoming train.

I hadn’t had my driver’s license for more than a year, but was comfortable driving on my own. I had a 5-speed truck and was finally confident to drive. My niece, Teresa was with me one day while we were cruising around our little town of Kermit.

Kermit was laid out with a train track splitting the town in the middle from end to end.

This particular day, I drove toward the railroad crossing to get to the other side of town. I had drove the course several times, although this was the first with the 5-speed.

I heard the train, but the gate arm hadn’t came down yet, so I thought I would have enough time to cross the track.

Just as I pulled onto the track, the truck died. I panicked. I kept trying to start it, but it was not in neutral so I kept killing the engine. I was just about ready to have me and my niece bolt from the truck, when the engine started. Hallelujah!

God spared our lives that day and I learned a valuable lesson. Pay attention to warning signs (sound of the train). Obey the law and wait for the train to pass.

As a Christian, we have warning signs all the time. It may be a new diagnosis, a wayward child, or a failing relationship.

My advice is to seek God in everything.

Commit to your relationship with God, so when danger approaches, you’re ready to take action and get out of harm’s way.

Don’t ignore the oncoming trains of life.

Hebrews 2:1-3 - “We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.”