Where are you in life?...

     Another milestone for our 2003 Saturn Vue with the 3.0L six cylinder.  I was in a 70 MPH speed zone at the time so that will answer a couple questions there.  We bought this vehicle with 49,000 miles on it so we have logged a few.  It has traveled across the country to kids quite a few times.  Regular maintenance has been the key especially routine maintenance at the 100,000 mile marks.  It requires almost a total tear down of the engine to just get to the plugs but weighing the cost of the repair to the cost of another we made the decision to hold on a little longer.  You look at life differently when it is your only vehicle to use.  I keep the gas tank full on the snowmobile (96 Skidoo) in the winter and I tend to make sure there is diesel in the tractor and air is up on the bike tires but they are much slower modes of transportation.  


     Maybe this car is like me in life and where I am at.  I just had an overhaul that was needed and this is the only body that I have.  Regular maintenance had been put aside and the tune up was something needed even before the word "cancer" came up.  Stephanie and I are approaching this part of our lives by going deep into the "engine" to do things that will keep us healthy more on the insides than that outside.  It is kind of like a lot of automobiles in northern Michigan.  They are rust buckets on the outside but have a good engine running strong.  With bodies I believe that if you keep good tabs on the inside that the outside will be okay because of the benefits.


     We start the "Lord's Prayer" this Sunday.  Each phrase is packed with messages.  So may Jesus tune us up by going deep to talk to us and teach us how to pray.


Adam