Letter From Grandma (Reprint)

Dear Bill,
     The other day I went up to a local Christian
bookstore and they were giving away "Honk If You Love
Jesus" bumper stickers. 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 immediately put the sticker on
my car's bumper.
     Boy, I'm 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...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!
     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!
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. 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...he was enjoying this
religious experience, too!
     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 and I felt kind of sad
that 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