My first car didn’t have seatbelts.
It was a 1966 Mercury. Later, I had a 1966 Mustang that didn’t have seatbelts, either. Why not? Because seatbelts were not mandatory in those days.
Effective January 1, 1968, the federal government mandated that all Americans must wear seatbelts while riding in an automobile. There is one exception.
New Hampshire.
You don’t have to wear seatbelts in New Hampshire. This may explain their state motto, “Live free or die.”
In 17 states, while you must wear seatbelts in the front seats, it is not mandatory in the back seat. I suppose these states are making a statement about backseat drivers.
Here’s my question. Nearly all of us wear seatbelts all the time. But when was the last time you actually needed a seatbelt?
A seatbelt is a safeguard that we rarely need, but we use them anyway. That’s because when we do need them, we really need them.
Consider recovery meetings to be your seatbelt. And daily devotions. Calls. Step work. Therapy.
Can you get by without these things? Maybe. But let’s not find out.
Recovery Step: Fasten your recovery seatbelt. You never know when you’ll need it. “Be careful that you don’t fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12).
