Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center
A man on a busy boulevard was being tailgated a woman. Suddenly the light turned yellow 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. Dropping her cell phone and makeup, she honked her horn, screaming in frustration at having missed her chance to get through the intersection. Still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up at the face of a very serious police officer. He ordered her to exit her car with her hands where he could see them and proceeded to take her to the police station. 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. The woman 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. And I noticed your ‘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. Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car.”