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As I buckled my seat belt and positioned myself in the passenger seat Kristina and I began to chit chat. She cranked her car, turned the radio down (because you know it was blaring), buckled her own seat belt and put the car in reverse. We weren't really talking about anything in particular, just talking.

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As she backed up and then drove to the edge of the parking lot by the four lane highway I glanced over her shoulder to see how much traffic was coming. It wasn't too bad and as a truck whizzed past us in the lane closest to us she slowly pulled out. "You're pulling out in front of a car Kristina GET ON IT!!!" I screamed.

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She stomped the gas and slung her car into the far lane. My heart was beating ninety to nothing and I had my hands pulled up over my head. All I could think was this is gonna hurt...this is gonna hurt.

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As we approached the red light I think Kristina was sucking in air about as much as I was just trying to calm down. "Momma" she said "I thought that car was in the far lane. Just the way the truck lights were and that car's lights were I really thought that car was in the far lane!" I think she was trying to convince herself as much as she was trying to convince me!

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"You HAVE to be careful...especially at night. You need to wait until there is NO traffic before you pull out. I have to do that...I can't tell which lane cars are in at night..." I began to instruct. "Momma, I do that...98% of the time I do that!" I snickered to myself and I said "Precious, you need to do that 100% of the time...if not...there is a 2% chance that you can be in an accident and hurt yourself or better yet someone else!" We gasped for air, reached for our hearts and wiped the sweat off our brows all the way home.

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I find it interesting that we go through our lives doing what we want 98% of the time yet only looking to Christ 2% of the time. But, you let something happen, a speed bump appear in our paths and buddy we are on our knees crying out to Jesus!

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"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Hebrews 13:8 (NLT). Jesus Christ isn't the same only 98% of the time! He is the same every day, all day, yesterday, today, the next day, next week, next month, next year, next century...He is Jesus! He isn't the one changing...we are! What would our lives be like if we lived for Christ 100% of the time? How different would things be if we followed His instructions 100% of the time? How pure would our hearts be if it was filled with the love of Jesus 100% of the time? What if...?