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
performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker
and put in 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 guy behind started honking like crazy, and
when he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of God, GO!
GO!" What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus.
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 guy 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 probably a
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
grinning, 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!
