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Got a letter from 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 that 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!
Why, 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! 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 waving in a
funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. I asked your
teenage cousin, in the back seat, what that meant. He said that 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. Your cousin 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.
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. Praise the Lord
for such wonderful folks!
Much LOVE,
Grandma.