It's unfortunate how the term "Christian"
gets so misused and abused.
And disheartening to hear of the negativity
people assume about Christians because of
a bad experience they've encountered.
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The light turned yellow
just in front of him.
He did the right thing;
stopping at the crosswalk,
even though he could have beaten the red light
by accelerating through the intersection.
The tailgating woman was furious
and honked her horn,
screaming in frustration,
as she missed her chance to get through
the intersection,
dropping her cell phone and makeup.
As she was still in mid-rant,
she heard a tap on her window
and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer.
The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.
He took her to the police station
where she was searched,
fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell.
After a couple of hours,
a policeman approached the cell and opened the door.
She was escorted back to the booking desk
where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.
He said,
''I'm very sorry for this mistake.
You see, I pulled up behind your car
while you were blowing your horn,
flipping off the guy in front of you
and cussing a blue streak at him.
I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do'bumper sticker,
the 'Choose Life' license plate holder,
the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker,
and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk,
so naturally...
I assumed you had stolen the car.''
James 1:23-24
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like."
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