Sin is like a gear shift

How I think of sin and our relationship with God. I think of it as God and I in a car cruising side by side. :) But here comes along sin and its the gear shift so it comes in between us. It has the possibility of changing of changing not only what direction you many go but it can also stop you in your tracks. I never really thought about how powerful sin was until I looked back on my own life and say how many times I went backwards, forwards, stayed in place (doing nothing), and lastly neutral (letting time fly by and going with the flow).