Bumper Sticker
Sunday, March 03, 2002 (11:50:38)

Posted by Rod

The car behind me was dangerously close to my bumper.  Call me old-fashioned, but when I cannot see the headlights of a car behind me, im my rear-view mirror, and I am traveling 65mph, they are too close.

<HONK!> <HONK!>  Oh great, now she is in a hurry to get around.  There is nowhere for me to go.  Rush hour traffic is too heavy on this stretch of highway.

<HONK!> <HONK!>  Again with the honking!  Ma'am, I am sorry, I cannot help you!  There are cars in front and cars on both sides.  You are behind me.  Sorry, but your timing is off with nature.  The laws of averages are against you here.  Relax and enjoy the ride. Finally, she cuts someone off to her left and she is on her way around me.  As she gets beside me, she honks again, speeds away and swerves into another lane, cutting someone else off in the process.  As she zooms by, I noticed a sticker on her bumper that says "God is My Co-pilot" and I immediately was embarrassed for her.  Rather, I was embarrassed for God, because there she was, a living testimony of a bad example of how a Christian should act.  God does not drive like that. There was no emergency.  She did not have her emergency flashers on.  She was just in a hurry and people were in her way.  That's right, real living, breathing people with souls.  I think she forgot that part.  She may also have forgotten they can read the sticker on her bumper.  Maybe it was her husband's car and not her sticker at all.  Either way, her behavior was noticed by many other drivers on the highway and her testimony was not good. I saw another bumper sticker the other day.  It said, "If the body is a temple, mine is an amusement park" and I wondered if they were Christians with a strange sense of humor.  Probably not. Another sticker said, "If you love the Lord, tithe.  Anyone can honk."  I liked that one.  And one that stuck with me is "When the rapture comes, can I have your car?"  I don't think they were Christians. We testify wherever we go.  We carry the name of Jesus to our jobs, the store, the theater and to church.  What kind of testimony are we giving to the world?  They make fun of our bumper stickers, but they really notice our behavior.  They read our bumper stickers and then scrutinize our driving habits.  They tell others about what they have seen.  Mostly, they use this as an excuse not to come to the Lord. If you know one of these kinds of drivers and they have a Christian oriented bumper sticker, introduce them to a nifty invention.  It is called a razor blade.  Carefully weilded, it will remove the bumper sticker until such a time as they are able to display it without bringing shame to themself and God.  I know you wouldn't drive like this, but you may know someone who does. One parting thought:
I never understood someone with a radar detector in the windshield and a Christian sticker on their bumper.  It somehow seems such a contradiction, doesn't it? By their fruits, you shall know them.