Letter from Grandma

[Robbie Honerkamp <robbie@shorty.com>]

>Subject:  Grandma's Letter

>Got a letter from Grandma (in Sun City West)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.

>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! 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 and  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 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!
>
>Grandma