Grandma's Religious Experiences
I 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
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 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 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. 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 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. 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!
Love, Grandma ..