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The other night I was driving down from Jes\u00c3\u00bas Mar\u00c3\u00ada after our Bible study.<\/b>  It was dark, and as I wound down the road I noticed that a van was following behind me.<\/p>\n\n\n
\"Headlights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The strange things was that the van’s headlights were going off, then on.  Off, then on.  What was the driver trying to tell me?<\/i><\/p>\n

I looked around – yes, my lights were on.  No, there were no doors open.  Blink, blink – on and off went the van’s lights.<\/p>\n

There was a slow car in front of me.  Could it be that the van was trying to signal him<\/i>?  Maybe they had been travelling together, and the van was trying to tell the car driver that he was no longer driving directly behind him.<\/p>\n

But the van made no move to pass, and the car just kept going.<\/p>\n

On went the van’s headlights behind me.  Off.  On.  Off.  On.<\/b><\/p>\n

Finally I realized what was going on.<\/p>\n

Whether by mistake or on purpose, the van’s headlights had been hooked up to the brakes.<\/i><\/p>\n

That’s right, every time the van braked, the headlights went on.  When he eased off the brakes, they went off.  What kind of a message is that?!<\/p>\n

The things you see!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow evening we’re holding our regular closing of classes program at the community centre.<\/b>  We’ve done a lot of different things in past years, but this event is going to be a big one.  There will be awards and gifts, students showing what they’ve learned, special music, an art show, wheelchair presentations, and even a special speaker.  The speaker, pastor Antonio Mu\u00c3\u00b1oz, will be presenting the Gospel to many people who probably have never heard it.<\/p>\n

Please do pray for our closing program tomorrow evening – pray that our message will be clear!  No mixed signals – no headlights off in the dark – a clear presentation of God’s love and truth.<\/p>\n

I’ll let you know how it goes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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