For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
As a mom, I take the responsibility of keeping my child safe very seriously. When I see mom's who seems to be more concerned with other things, then with the safety of their children, it makes me both angry and sad.
So yesterday I was on my way home from running around town and I am driving on the highway. I glance in my rear view mirror and see this mini van following very closely. I took this as an indication that I was not going fast enough for this women. At that point I would normally change lanes and let the person, who is in such a hurry, pass me, but the other lane was occupied and so I had to stay where I was. So I continued driving at the same speed, which seemed to annoy the women driving the mini van behind me. She continued to follow very close behind me, I guess in an effort to force me to drive faster. This continued for several miles down the highway until I finally had the opportunity to get into the other lane. As she sped past me she gave me a very dirty look and I noticed that she had a child in a car seat, behind her. At that moment I got very angry. I watched her accelerate to a speed that had to be over 80 miles per hour. I guess she was too busy being in a hurry to realize that her exit was coming up because then she cut across 3 lanes of traffic to get off the highway. She didn't actually slow down until she was forced to because she reached an intersection where the light was red. We parted ways at that point and I said a little prayer for that women and the precious cargo inside her van.
It's hard for me to understand why a mother would choose to be irresponsible and drive at such high speeds with children in the car. Don't get me wrong I don't think people should drive that fast anyway, but especially NOT with children in the car. They are just passengers, they have no say in where they are going or how fast they get there.
I would think that any mother would be devastated if they got into an accident and their children were hurt because they were driving irresponsibly. So why do they do it?
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