Personalized license plates are ubiquitous here. I love deciphering particularly clever ones like NQIZITIV and IMOTIV8. Some give clues to occupations or sports like 10S AN1, ID DOK and LITIG8R. FST FNGR could be a court reporter, massage therapist or just a chronically angry driver. A minivan with soccer emblems has the license KIDBOX. Another with eight kids in the family had the descriptive 4XX 4XY. Perfect.
While driving to work on Ash Wednesday, I was planning my workday and bemoaning my lack of spirituality when I noticed the license of the car ahead of me: HEB 11V1. Completely out of context, I was puzzled at first but quickly figured out it was a Bible verse. A message from God, but my codebook was at the office.
When I got to the office, I looked it up and realized it was one of my favorite Bible verses.
That’s a lot of put on a license plate.
Maybe one of my other favorites is available:
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