Last week I was headed to the hospital for a visit. As usual, I was in a hurry. As I approached my turn, I needed to change lanes but there was an elderly gentlemen creeping along beside me. I had to slow down to a crawl to allow him to get far enough ahead of me to allow me to change lanes.
As I changed lanes and moved over behind him, a bumper sticker on the back of his car caught my eye. It read, “Body Piercing Saved My Life.” All kinds of comical thoughts ran through my mind – some of which I will keep to myself. The first, and most logical was “I really don’t want to think about that! That is one mental picture I would rather not have.”
But then I began to wonder about the sticker itself. What state would a life have to be in that poking holes in one’s flesh would bring salvation?
At the risk of taking a pretty funny life experience and over-spiritualizing it I would like to make one observation.
It is true that in each and every life, salvation is needed. But there is no amount of money, fame, power or body piercing that will bring it about. Salvation can only come through belief in Jesus Christ as the son of God and the savior of the world.
But I have to admit, thinking about that picture of seeing an elderly gentlemen in a car with a bumper sticker like that still brings a smile to my face!
Be blessed!
Clay in the Hands 
I’ve seen that saying used in relationship to Jesus being pierced by nails for our salvation, as in Isaiah 53.5. But in those cases, there’s usually nails on the banner/sticker.