Guest guest Posted December 9, 2000 Report Share Posted December 9, 2000 >> Got a letter from Grandma today. She writes... > > The other day I went 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! 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's a good think someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn't honked I > never would have noticed. I found that LOTS of people love Jesus. 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..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"...and > I saw another guy waving 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 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...he was > enjoying this religious experience too. > > A couple of people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they > got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I'll bet they > wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed > that the light had changed, so I waved to all my sisters and brothers, > grinning and drove through the intersection. I noticed that 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 more time as I drove away. Praise the lord > for such wonderful people. > > Love, > Grandma >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** > ---------- ---- Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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