The little blue car...

Disney had a cartoon that I absolutely loved when I was a kid. It was called,

"Susie the little Blue Coupe"

If you've got about 8 minutes to spare, here's a YouTube of the whole cartoon...

It fascinated me that a little car could not only have emotion, but be so resilient while going through so much in a lifetime.
And now I've got a little blue car of my own - and its doing pretty well too.


Well, sort of.
I've actually had two blue coupes that have proved very faithful and true - although the Buick wasn't exactly "little", and neither one has been a "coupe"...
Regardless, both have served me faithfully well after they were old enough to have their own driver's licenses. My 1988 Park Avenue lasted us until 2005, and is still going somewhere as far as I know; and my current lil' beauty, a 1992 Geo Prizm, is what's sitting in the parking lot right now. In fact, she's still young at heart...

That's the actual odometer reading! (And no, there isn't a hidden '1' in front)

Unfortunately, cars don't last forever. But that doesn't mean that we don't wish they did!

Its easy to get comfortable with things that we use and appreciate on a daily basis. Even if those things are made of metal or wood, plastic or rubber... we wish that there wasn't such a thing as decay... oh, if there weren't such a thing as rust... if only things would retain their 'snap' and their edge wouldn't dull...

But that's what happens in our world, and though its a testimony to what mankind experiences - this cycle of aging and renewal - that never really makes it seem 'right' either.

And that's because we weren't meant to live in such a way.
We were meant to be eternally young and vibrant.
We were meant to live forever...

...and the good news is that, though the car will continue to rust and even 'Susie' the blue coupe will end up junked for good, we have a promise from God that we WILL have a real renewal. In the forgiving of our sins and guilt from this life, Jesus saw to it that our eternity will be one without any fading, sickness, sadness or death.

...now what is yet to be revealed is whether or not I'll need a new car when I get there.


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