Stick to it!

I'm out running errands the other day and I get behind this guy at a stop light whose car is littered with bumper stickers. Instantly, I'm hooked (it doesn't take much) I'm really getting into reading this guy's bumper (that sounds wrong) and the light turns green. I kept up with him in traffic just to finish reading.

So the stickers get me thinking (it doesn't take much) .... I feel like I know this guy. I know who he voted for. I know what team he pulls for. I know where he's been on vacation. I know his views on abortion, recycling and the war. I know where he went to school. I know what he rather be doing. I know he's either a Christian or likes seafood. I know his kid plays soccer and recently made the honor roll. I know if I get any closer he'll flick a booger on my windshield and I know if he breaks down he can call AAA. (Or maybe I read it wrong and he's an alcoholic). Anyway, it was amazing what I found out about this guy just at a stop light.

What about the bumper stickers we carry around with us when we're not in our cars? Do we act in such a way that people just sort of "know" what we're all about. Are we abrasive, funny, indifferent, bold? Without that fish on the bumper of our car do people see us as being "Christ"like? Are we like that car that's covered with "Follow me to Sunday School", "Darwin was Wrong", "Real Men Love Jesus", and the ever-popular "God is my Co-Pilot" BUT the driver cuts you off while flipping you the bird, laying on the horn with tires screeching and hair on fire. I'm a little confused by the behavior given his bumper sticker theology.

When we wear our youth group t-shirts with our cross hemp necklace and our "WWJD"? bracelet and listen to Third Day on our iPod ... what are we saying about ourselves? When we lie to our parents, take God's name in vain and talk trash about somebody at school .... what are we saying about ourselves? Which one of our stickers is the real deal? Be careful what you let people read about you.