Undercover under a bushel basket...bland salt...dimmed light?
You
know those creative "Not Of This World" type trade marked copy righted stickers that
we see on the back windows of vehicles these days. I am always thinking
that it is somehow a copout of sorts. A sticker that lets other
Christians know who you are in kind of an undercover way. Something that
won't offend the unsaved among us. Why no "Jesus Christ Is My Lord And
Saviour" stickers? Or "I worship Jesus Christ The Son Of Almighty God."
During
the days of the Jesus People Movement our bumper stickers were more
direct in revealing who we were to one another and the world around us. Of course by 1976 the Jesus People faded back into the woodwork.
Don't
get me wrong though, just the other day I was behind a construction
truck. There was a "My boss is a Jewish Carpenter" sticker on one side
of the bumper and a "Real Men Love Jesus" sticker on the other side.
One
young man had a "Washed In The Blood Of Jesus" rear bumper sticker on
his work truck. I have that one on the inside lid of my truck tool bin.
Where I have a few other stickers along with my "Pedros Tacos Of San
Clemente" sticker. I also have a crown of thorns that says "Jesus Died
For You."
I was behind a car on my way to work one morning
that made me smile big. It had a bumper sticker that said, "The wages
of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ His Son Who died for our sins." Very direct and very not
undercover.
I have no bumper sticker on my bumper because I
often drive a bit too fast on my way back and forth on our southern CA
roads. Don't want to bring reproach on Christianity by my indiscretions.
I do try to get a handle on my driving...been trying for 54 years of
driving to do that.
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