"Honk If something Falls Off"

I’m not much of a bumper sticker girl, but a few weeks ago I saw one with these words on it and I had an overwhelming urge to peel it off the not-so-bad-looking vehicle it was on and stick it on my more-worthy-looking-wounded van. I needed the "Honk if Something Falls off" sticker in a bad way and I found myself coveting. If it weren’t for those nagging words that went something like "thou shalt not steal" I might have done it.

Not being a car fanatic the gathering bumps and bruises on my aging van have not bothered me until recently when my husband has become convinced that my bumper really is going to fall off and cause a greater accident. The repair man who has patiently reattached it more times than he or I would like, assures me it won’t. So I figure as long as its getting me from A to B the added features of re-touched rust spots, duct taped cracks, deer dents, charming squeaky sounds and other various souvenirs from ions of years and miles just help keep memories alive and dollars in my pocket to spend on more worthy things.

In the world of bumper sticker sermons, I wondered if I could find one that would sum up that thought.

And guess what I saw next?

"Don’t let the car fool you, my treasure is in Heaven."

Isn’t God fun?

I am enjoying this new avenue of theological training via bumper stickers and believe God is opening my hard heart towards them.

I might even start using them as car band-aids. There are plenty of boo-boos to cover. If only I could find one that I liked that was not already attached to someone else's car.

"Don’t let the car fool you, my treasure is in Heaven."

Breathe that in for a minute...

And really my treasure is in the here and now too even though it doesn’t always show. It’s just that I am in the ‘tween tension of the "now but not yet"...but that’s a whole other post that I will expand on later.

For now, I need to find that sticker because I want the world to know I have an outrageously rich Father, and an inheritance that would plum blow you away....

Don’t let the car fool ya!

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you... 1 Peter 1:3-4