GRANDMA'S LETTER
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!