Dear Son,
The other day I went up to our local Christian bookstore and saw a "honk
if you love Jesus" bumper sticker. In spite of my 84 years, 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 rear bumper.
Boy, am I glad I did. What an uplifting experience 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 have never noticed. I found that lots of people love Jesus!
Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy
and then he leaned out of his window and yelled, "For the love of God!!
Go! Go! 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 those 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. Then I asked
my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant. He said it was
probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something. 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 at all my brothers and sisters grinning, and drove 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 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!!!!!
Will write again soon.
Love, Momma