Good news

With all the negative stuff that’s been going on in this country and the world, an upbeat report might be a welcome change. Here’s my contribution:

The other day I went up to our local Christian bookstore and saw a “Honk If You Love Jesus” bumper sticker. I was feeling 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, 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. When the light changed, I didn’t notice. It’s a good thing other folks love Jesus, too, because if they hadn’t honked, I’d never have seen that green light. In fact, I found that lots and lots of people love Jesus.

While I was sitting there behind the wheel, 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! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!” What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus. Then everyone started honking! I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people. I even honked my own horn a few times to share in the love.

There must have been a man from Florida back there in line 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 young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant. He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right 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 that the light had changed. So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again. It made me feel 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.