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• • • By Pierce Mobley • • • HIGHWAY CHAPLAIN ACCORDING TO THE Webster Dictionary, standards is defi ned as: "A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment. A requirement of moral conduct. Often used in the plural to indicate moral character." Let's look at the fi rst part of that defi nition from Webster's, "A degree or level of requirement, excellence, or attainment." We as professional truck drivers must reach a specifi ed degree or level of requirement that is attainable. If we haven't we would not have our CDL in our pockets. As professionals, there are levels of driving "excellence" that we are expected to have. We are to assume the unexpected at all times when behind the wheel. We are expected to be courteous and defensive drivers every second. Our trucks are to be maintained in accordance to Federal Standards of safety. It is also our responsibility to make sure that our truck is thoroughly inspected for defects before we take it out on the highway each day. I don't believe all the cars out there have been properly "pre-tripped" before they got out on the highway. So it seems that we, truck drivers, are held to a "Higher Standard" than drivers of automobiles. This is necessary because we make our living behind the wheel. We are being watched every day and every hour by other drivers on the road. Therefore we are being held to a higher standard of "excellence" when it comes to driving. The same is true as Christians. We are being examined daily by everyone and we are being held up to a higher standard. The Apostle Paul wrote in 2nd Corinthians the 3rd chapter and the 2nd verse "You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men." The Apostle Paul was stating that our lives are like a letter. We are being read like an open letter by all the people around us. Our lives being that letter. So, how does your letter (life) read? Can men tell you are a Christian by the way you talk? It will show in the way you react to diffi cult circumstances, such as getting certain loads or destinations. What do people hear from you on the CB? Ephesians 4:29 says, "Let no corrupt word High Standards 48 DrivingForceMag.com September 2014 • • •