Letter from grandma. ( bit of humour.)
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:46 am
The other day i went to a local Christian bookshop 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! am I 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...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 noticed that the light had changed. I found that LOTS of people love Jesus! Why, while I was sitting there, a man behind started honking like crazy, then he leaned out of window and screamed " For the love of God! go! go! Jesus Christ ....go!"
What an exuberant cheer leader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking. I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all of these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the celebration.
There must have been a man from the Gold Coast back there because I heard him yelling something about a " sunny beach". I saw another man waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. I asked my teen aged grandson in the backseat 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 of the window and gave the good luck sign back. My grand son burst out laughing..why, even he was enjoying this religious experience.
A couple of people were so caught up with in the joy of the moment they got out of there cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or asked what church I attended, but this was when I noticed that the light had changed. So I waved to all my sisters and brothers, grinned and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed that 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.
Boy! am I 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...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 noticed that the light had changed. I found that LOTS of people love Jesus! Why, while I was sitting there, a man behind started honking like crazy, then he leaned out of window and screamed " For the love of God! go! go! Jesus Christ ....go!"
What an exuberant cheer leader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking. I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all of these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the celebration.
There must have been a man from the Gold Coast back there because I heard him yelling something about a " sunny beach". I saw another man waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. I asked my teen aged grandson in the backseat 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 of the window and gave the good luck sign back. My grand son burst out laughing..why, even he was enjoying this religious experience.
A couple of people were so caught up with in the joy of the moment they got out of there cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or asked what church I attended, but this was when I noticed that the light had changed. So I waved to all my sisters and brothers, grinned and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed that 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.
Call it a hasty generalization, but I find most Christians to be the most judgemental, unforgiving, and unreasoned people I've ever met. Now I know that might make some folks mad, but I tell you before their Christian God, I truly mean what I say. To be fair, I've actually met one or two that surprised me with an eclectic mindset in regard the views of others; but it's usually presented in a condescending way, as if to say, I know that my faith is better, but someday you may be like me, so I'll be patient with your ignorance for now! Don't you just hate when Christians take a condescending approach to others? Like a precocious child, they look upon the spiritual worth of others as far less than their own because their unreasoned fable carries their mind to a lofty sense of self.