At least once a week I pass someone on the road that has their Jesus Fish on the bumper of the car. You know the Jesus Fish, right? Plastic fish shape that has a cross or the word Jesus in the middle, proclaiming to the world that these people donning the Jesus Fish are Christians. Usually I smile and think, "Yes! A fellow Christian." These people are typically amiable drivers who give the right of way and don't choose to camp out in the trunk of your car due to following too closely. Occasionally however, there are those Jesus Fish people that make you wonder if they just bought the car from another Jesus Fish person. They cut you off, drive too fast, follow too closely and occasionally use their hands in less than Jesus Fishy ways.
Have you ever thought that as a parent you have a Jesus Fish plastered on your forehead? As you drive through your day, are you the person that your children (and others) look at and say, "Yes! A fellow Christian."? Or are you a stinky driver, leaving your children wondering who you swiped the fish from? You need to earn, own, and rock the Jesus Fish. Your children are looking to you for guidance and every action teaches them in a way that 30 Sundays in Sunday School can't. I'll admit that I sometimes need to give back my fish. Some days I wear it proudly. How is your fish?
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