Got a letter from my Grandma the other day. She writes:
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
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!
While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy,
and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of GOD!
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 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. I asked my
teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was
probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or someething. 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. He was enjoying this
religious experience, too! 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
atttended, 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.