Photo and Commentary ©2026 by Maylan Schurch
Sabbath, April 18, 2026
First of all, I’d like to apologize for the picture above. I don’t know what happened, but usually my smart phone takes a crisper view of the passing scene. But as soon as I saw the sticker on the car ahead of me at a stop light this week, I knew it was perfect for a blog.
The only problem is, the sticker is hard to read. The first line, of course, says “Student Driver.” You and I see a lot of these signs these days. But in addition to the student-driver identifier, they most often say things like “Please Be Patient.” Or sometimes they take the humorous route using the picture of a cartoon cat with a concerned face and the words “I’m worried about my driving too.”
What attracted me to this sticker – and makes me gnash my teeth at how blurry it is – is that the lower phrase is “Skills In Progress.”
Isn’t that a positive spin? Doesn’t that warm your heart toward whoever is in the driver’s seat, white-knuckling their way through traffic? Because after all, no matter how many booklets you read or videos you watch about how to operate an automobile, the skills will never sink in until you spend some time on the road maneuvering your ton-and-a-half of motorized metal.
There’s nothing in the Bible about car-driving, of course, but there are hundreds of promises we can study and claim as we navigate through each day of our lives. Click this link for a good supply.