You may wonder why you see so many of, and so many different styles of, fish symbols on cars and trucks these days. Well, the fish is a Christian symbol which got it's origin after Jesus was ascended into Heaven. The new Christians were being persecuted and even put to horrible deaths because of their faith. The story goes that they devised a way to secretly signal other Christians or, if just meeting someone, to find out if that person were also a believer by simply taking their foot and casually drawing an arc with their toe on the ground. Then, if the other person was a Christian, he, just as causally, would draw an ark with his toe to complete the fish. Now, they could speak to each other about their faith and pass along information without fear.

Additionally, Jesus has asked His followers (Christians) to be fishers of men. So the fish is a proud symbol of who we are.

So next time your sitting in bumper to bumper traffic, check out the fish! We hope you will smile because Jesus loves you.