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Watching the Bumper Stickers

I read bumper stickers. If I’m not close enough to read it, I get closer so I can (usually when we’re stopped at a light, not on the interstate). Bumper stickers say a lot; about the driver, and about our culture.

I was riding behind a car the other day that had a bumper sticker that really caught my eye. This is what it said:

“I like your Christ.
I do not like your Christians.
They are so unlike your Christ.”
(Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi)

It was like a slap in the face. I immediately felt convicted. It reminded me of all the times (daily) that I don’t measure up to the example Jesus gave us. But rather than despairing, it drove me to the one thing that this person with the condeming bumper sticker doesn’t understand… GRACE! Thank God that when I don’t measure up, there is forgiveness for my faults. It doesn’t excuse them, but I am washed clean in the blood of the Lamb. There are too many people who are trying to get to heaven just on their own efforts. But we all fall short. Not a one of us is like Christ. Even recently in the news, Mother Theresa struggled with her faith and her worthiness. Thank God Jesus died for her, for you, and for me. Thank God Jesus came for you and me. And for the driver of that car.

But that bumper sticker also reminded me of something else. Calling myself a Christian, believing in Jesus, living my life in Christ is 24/7. I don’t get to take a vacation from it. I don’t get a coffee break from living my faith. I don’t get to leave my faith at the door of the church so I can pick it up next time I show up at the building. People are always watching. Especially people who want to judge us by our actions, and not by our faith. We don’t have to be perfect. We have to be forgiven. But we also need to know that others are watching.

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