The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a
"Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker.
I
was feeling particularly sassy that day, because I had just come from
a thrilling choir practice followed by a powerful prayer meeting, so
I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection
just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn't
notice that the light had changed.
It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus; because
if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.
I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. Why, while I was
sitting there, the nice man behind started honking like crazy, and he
leaned out of his window and screamed, "for the love of God, GO!
GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for the Lord..
Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my
window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people.
I
even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There
must have been a man from Florida back there, because I heard him
yelling something about a sunny beach.
I saw another man
waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the
air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what
that meant, he said that it was an Hawaiian good luck sign or
something.
Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned
out the window and gave him the good luck sign back.
My
grandson burst out laughing; why even he was enjoying this religious
experience.
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of
the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking
towards me.
I bet they wanted to pray or ask
what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had
changed.
So I waved to all my sisters and
brothers, smiled at them all, and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed I was the only car that got through the
intersection before the light changed again, and I felt kind of sad
that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared, so I
slowed the car down, leaned out of the window, and gave them all the
Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.
Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!
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