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 it on my bumper.
Boy, I´m glad I did! What an uplifting experience that
followed!! 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 me
started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of
his window and screamed, "For the love of GOD!! GO!
Jesus Christ, 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 waving in a funny way with
only his middle finger stuck up in the air. 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. 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!
Love, Grandma
