I have to admit for a number of years, I wondered what this was. It may have been intuitively obvious to many that it is the symbol for chocolate from Malley's chocolates. And that is kind of what I thought it was, but then who would put a symbol for chocolate on their car? It was not like a prestigious university or a son or daughter with excellent grades. This is a conscious association with chocolate. Now I love chocolate, but I am not sure I would say I love it enough to adorn my newly minted Prius with this affection. The love apparently some people have for chocolate is worthy of a bumper sticker. And it is not just a few, but many. I see them everywhere.
What are people trying to say by this external adornment of an internal affection. Are they saying "I love chocolate and I want you to love it too" or "there is no other dessert other than chocolate and you are an idiot if you say so". The sticker leaves much to the imagination. Chocolate is great, but what does it do for me? The sticker leaves me hanging. Sorry you Malley's chocolate lovers!
Sometimes I think my faith is like the CHOC bumper sticker. I think people that know me generally know I love Jesus Christ but so what? Or maybe I am just "religious". What does that mean? What difference does it make? And this is where a lived life and a proclaimed life is what is necessary. Am I living the lived life and am I proclaiming that it is the gospel that makes the difference? In other words, there is a story behind the symbol that must be told. In a world where the gospel story is the message for a world that needs to hear it (Jesus died for me, a sinner so that I can have life through and in Him), am I the bumper sticker that says nothing? Help me to be diligent to present myself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed and handles accurately the eternal word of truth.
