She is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:



Dear Cousin Melba,



The other day I went up to our local Christian book store 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, 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! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'



What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking!



I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those

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 young teenage grandson in the back seat 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 the window and gave him the

good luck sign right 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

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 at all my brothers and sisters grinning, and drove on through the intersection.



I noticed that 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!!



Will write again soon,



Love, Cousin Betsy
VerbierMar 2, 2009 @ 07:51