The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, December 8, 1995 Page: 2 of 8
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The Brand December 8 1995
Andrew Boss
managing editor
Set the parking brake firmly.
Put the shift lever in "P" (Park).
Turn off the engine.
The equipment you'll need is in the
trunk.
Now loosen all the wheel nuts. Don't
remove them though.
Now raise the car. Keep rotating the
wheel wrench on the jack to the right
(clockwise). Stop when the flat tire and
wheel are off the ground.
Take off the wheel nuts. Take off the
tire and wheel.
Put on the compact spare tire.
Put the lug nuts back on and lower
the car.
Tighten the wheel nuts firmly in a
criss-cross sequence.
The wheel cover will not fit on the
compact spare.
Now put all the equipment back in
the car.
Does this sound familiar? This is
something with which everyone must
deal with at one point in their driving
career...changing a tire. It is some-
thing no one looks forward to but it
is something that must be done. There
is no way to avoid it. If you want to
use your vehicle you have to do it
And since so many of us depend on
them it becomes a necessity.
Imagine you are running late for
Standing Firm
The road hazards of life
class (by the way you now live off- The more things we try to do the
campus) and you walk out to your deeper into a hole we get. And as
car and you have a flat tire. On closer Christians we try to justify all our
inspection you decide that little nail activities by saying we are doing
poking into your tire is the culprit for God's work. But are we really? I'm
all your problems this morning. You
think to yourself "AS IP."
What are you going to do now?
You get all worked up and start blam-
ing an inanimate object for the cause
of your tardiness which by the way
you don't really have class this morn-
ing. You now have a whole hour to
change that flat.
In today's society it is a given that
people are busy. I will not argue with
that. Nor will I argue with the fact
that life is not simple. I don't think it
is easy and I never said it was. It
does however make a difference as
to how you handle life's problems. So
before you write me any nasty notes
step back and look at the big picture.
We fill our days with endless
activities and we get so busy doing
things that we make ourselves late to
other activities that we must attend.
What sort of life is this? Why do we
do this to ourselves?
By nature we arc busy people and
usually success is measured by the
number of things we can accomplish.
sure to an extent we are but does
God really want us to make our
selves have a nervous breakdown
because of everything we arc attempt-
ing to do "in His name?" I think not.
I am as guilty of this as anyone
else. It easy to get involved in numer-
ous church activities and then activi-
ties at school and the list rambles on
from there. Then when there a prob-
lems or there is a glitch in our plans
it seems as though the world is going
to end. Maybe that wasn't just a glitch
but something God put in our life to
slow us down. "Flat tires" come in all
shapes and sizes. Sometimes it is a
real flat tire and other times it is
something just as serious. But how we
think of these obstacles depends on
how we view life.
God does put obstacles in our
way but they are for a purpose.
Sometimes the world seems as
though it is caving in around us but
we don't have to worry because we
have been given a promise.
In this godless world you will contin-
ue to experience difficulties. But take
heart! I've conquered the world.
These words were spoken by
Jesus in John 1633.
It is inevitable that we are going
to continue to be involved in as many
things as we think we possibly can.
But when things don't go as smoothly
as we want it is not going to do any
good to blame inanimate objects or
think to ourselves "Self I can't
believe this is happening." Maybe
that is the problem. Could it possibly
be that the Man Upstairs is trying to
tell us something?
The "flat tires" of life are made
for us to gain knowledge. They are
put into our life when we least expect
them. There is nothing we can do
other than confront them and work
through them. Take heart. God has
conquered the worlds and its prob-
lems. Look to him for guidance and
maybe that flat tire will seem more
like a gift. Why make a big deal out of
it. Is it going to matter five years
down the road?
Have a great break and until next
semester remember to stand firm.
Note: Please consult the opera-
tor's manual of your car when chang-
ing a flat tire. Instructions may vary
for each make and model. And don't
forget the other "operator's manual"
when dealing with those road haz-
ards of life.
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managing editor
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