I just thought you should know. The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued six driver’s licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.
Apparently, the second coming may be sneaking up on us, and we don’t even know it. More than 800 American children born in 2012 were named Messiah, according to the Social Security Administration. And. Nearly 4,000 were named Jesus. To top things off, about 500 were named Mohammed, and 29 baby boys were named Christ.
There’s a lot of holy. Rolling around.
It makes sense. The shape our country is in these days, who would WANT their kid to grow up and become President. So they aim a little higher. A lot higher, really, and go straight to the top.
But the driver’s licenses in California give a whole new meaning to “Jesus, take the wheel.” I suppose.
Oh. The world is full of the unexplainable. For example, in South Carolina, if you are under the age of 18, you are not allowed to play pinball. It’s the law. As I reflect on this, I’m not entirely sure why such a restriction would be in place. I can’t imagine flipping the chrome ball through the land of ricochet would be damaging to young minds. I can think of many things that would be much worse for the would-be Pinball Wizards.
Personally, I was never too much of a pinball player. I’d get too nervous, what with that ball shooting around like crazy. Half the time, I couldn’t even keep track of the thing. Before you knew it, that ball was just rolling down the middle of the machine, past the flippers, and into obscurity with all the other balls gone by. It always seemed like a waste of a quarter to me. Because in my case, it was. In fact, I never saw anyone make any money from a pinball game. The quarters went in, but they didn’t come out.
People take chances. And, that’s the way things happen sometimes.
That is probably the reason why, in North Carolina, it is illegal to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages during a raffle or bingo game. Down there, they want people to be thinking clearly when they hear B-21. Or G-72. Otherwise, it could become the Land of Missed Opportunities. And no one wants that.
If you take a chance in North Carolina, or buy 6 for $5, you better be standing tall and alert, lest you may miss the prize.
Isn’t that what we all sort of want sometimes? To win the big prize? To find the Golden Ticket, of the pot at the end of the rainbow? I say it is, and I’ll tell you how I know.
Over three billion fortune cookies are made each year. And almost all of them are for consumers right here in America. Yes indeed. We crack open that little cookie to find the little banner of wisdom inside. And then they say something like, “Do not make extra work for yourself.” Yeah. Thanks for the tip.
Like I said. Things are not what they seem. The world if full of chicanery. If you don’t believe me, consider this. Each year, 94% of American flags come from China.
So. If you pass Jesus on the highway, maybe give him a wave and a smile.
You never know. He just might be the real thing.
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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein
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“It’s funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief
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“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
― Robertson Davies, Tempest-Tost
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Jesus on the highway. You never know.
