What’s the connection between bumper stickers and Bubble tea? I was on my way home after picking up my wife f
rom work. She wanted to have “bubble tea” which is a special “tea” with many flavours with tapioca balls or “pearls” in it. It’s very sweet and originated in Taiwan in the 1980s. It is very popular in Asia, California and Canada. We did a turn around and went into this little place where we had “blue berries bubble tea.” Then we went back and were seated in the car. We heard a rap on the window, and heard a man saying “Praise the Lord! I noticed your bumper sticker.” We got talking and found out that he and his family were Christians! We ended up exchanging phone numbers. It was an encouragement to share our testimonies with each other and we are looking forward to a great time of fellowship and friendship. This acquaintance came at time we needed encouragement. There was another time I went to a garage for an oil change in my car, and the owner said “Praise the Lord, are you a Christian?” He was looking at my bumper sticker and the "fish sign" at the back of my car. We have now become friends and over these years we have built up a strong relationship.
You may have other stories of how God “connects” you to people who are of great encouragement to you. This encouragement comes “out of the blue” and you are so strengthened and sustained by the Lord in the most unexpected way. Have you noticed that “connections” take place as we “expose” what’s in our hearts. The bible says “Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by.” (Habakkuk:2:2) Driving down the highways, we see bill boards all over, displaying all sorts of “visions” that people have. There are people who have a welcome sign on their doors. Or a picture or a caption that tells you what they believe in. Bumper stickers and bill boards show what we believe
in. “The closer we get to God, the more we realize our distance” is a bill board outside a church. It speaks to me of how awesome God is. It tells me the more I get to know Him the more I realize how much I don’t know! It reminds me of Isaiah who had a wonderful vision of the Lord amongst the seraphims, the “burning ones” who had six wings. The more he has the realization of who God was the more he felt unworthy and said, “Woe is me for I am undone”
Like it or not, we do “attract” like minded people to ourselves. The way we dress, talk, or simply walk has an effect on the people we pass by each day. There is an “aura” around you that does attract or distract people. We are like books that people read. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 3: 2-3 “Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God's living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.” (Message)
Friend, what’s your “bumper sticker”?
rom work. She wanted to have “bubble tea” which is a special “tea” with many flavours with tapioca balls or “pearls” in it. It’s very sweet and originated in Taiwan in the 1980s. It is very popular in Asia, California and Canada. We did a turn around and went into this little place where we had “blue berries bubble tea.” Then we went back and were seated in the car. We heard a rap on the window, and heard a man saying “Praise the Lord! I noticed your bumper sticker.” We got talking and found out that he and his family were Christians! We ended up exchanging phone numbers. It was an encouragement to share our testimonies with each other and we are looking forward to a great time of fellowship and friendship. This acquaintance came at time we needed encouragement. There was another time I went to a garage for an oil change in my car, and the owner said “Praise the Lord, are you a Christian?” He was looking at my bumper sticker and the "fish sign" at the back of my car. We have now become friends and over these years we have built up a strong relationship.You may have other stories of how God “connects” you to people who are of great encouragement to you. This encouragement comes “out of the blue” and you are so strengthened and sustained by the Lord in the most unexpected way. Have you noticed that “connections” take place as we “expose” what’s in our hearts. The bible says “Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by.” (Habakkuk:2:2) Driving down the highways, we see bill boards all over, displaying all sorts of “visions” that people have. There are people who have a welcome sign on their doors. Or a picture or a caption that tells you what they believe in. Bumper stickers and bill boards show what we believe
in. “The closer we get to God, the more we realize our distance” is a bill board outside a church. It speaks to me of how awesome God is. It tells me the more I get to know Him the more I realize how much I don’t know! It reminds me of Isaiah who had a wonderful vision of the Lord amongst the seraphims, the “burning ones” who had six wings. The more he has the realization of who God was the more he felt unworthy and said, “Woe is me for I am undone”Like it or not, we do “attract” like minded people to ourselves. The way we dress, talk, or simply walk has an effect on the people we pass by each day. There is an “aura” around you that does attract or distract people. We are like books that people read. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 3: 2-3 “Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God's living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.” (Message)
Friend, what’s your “bumper sticker”?
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