And this probably really happened too!!!
The other day I went up to the local Christian book store where I 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 at the church. I then bought the bumper sticker and put it on the back bumper of my car. I'm really glad that I did. What followed was a truly uplifting experience.
I was stopped at the light of a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord, and I did not notice that the light had changed. It's a good thing someone else loves Jesus or I may have never noticed that the light had changed. I found that lots of people love Jesus. Why the guy behind me started to honk like crazy and then he leaned out his window and screamed "For the love of God, Go!..Go! Jesus Christ! Go!" Everyone was honking!
I leaned out my window and waved and smiled to all those loving people and 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 could hear him yelling something about a sunny beach. I saw another guy waving a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenager son in the back seat what this meant, he said that it was nothing, probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. Well, I have never met a person from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My son burst into laughter. Why even he was enjoying the love of this religious experience!
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their car and were walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but that is when I noticed that the light had changed.
I waved one more time to my loving brothers and sisters and drove through the intersection. I was the only car that got across the intersection before the light changed again. I felt kind of bad that I had to leave them and all that love we had shared.
So, I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one more time as I drove away. |
