Reading (and Driving) With Humility

Reading with pride is worthless. Why bother? If you’re not open to being challenged, what’s the point?

I don’t expect anyone to agree with one hundred percent of anything I write, and I don’t expect to agree with everything another author writes.[i] But sometimes, the things I dismiss most quickly are the very things I need to hear, heed, and consider.

John Mark Comer’s book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry has become very popular for all the right reasons. I loved it. It has one of the best chapters on the sabbath that I’ve ever read. John Mark lost me a little bit, though, when he talked about downsizing his wardrobe from five outfits to two; I’m not sure anyone could live in Colorado’s four seasons with just two outfits—but the charge toward simplicity certainly convicted me that there’s a lot of room between two outfits and a hundred. So I got rid of some (I don’t think I ever had a hundred outfits, but I’m writing this at the church and I’m not about to go home to count).

One thing my wife and I laughed about, though, is when John Mark recommends driving the speed limit. In some cities we’ve been in, we feel like that could get you killed.

Seriously.

Then Travelers Insurance came around.

We recently switched insurance policies from another carrier, and Travelers said that if we downloaded this app, which evaluates our driving for ninety days, we might qualify for a significant discount. I liked the thought of the discount, and I figured it could be a way to gloat a little bit in my marriage. Lisa and I mutually agree that I’m a better driver, but now we’d have demonstrable data. Sadly for me, two weeks into our experiment, Lisa’s score was higher than mine. I am now driving like a grandma trying to win back some respect. I mean, this could redefine our 41 years together. If I’m not the better driver, what else am I mistaken about? Horror of horrors! I’ve got to fix this!

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