Even with my Spam filter on, I get emails from strangers making promises.
Don't you?
Today:
Two restaurants (a free piece of pie from one, a free second entree from the other)
Four scrapbooking companies (they each boast massive sales)
Three book sellers (I'm admittedly a sucker for them)
An animal rescue place
Two TV-network shopping compaines (I bought one thing years ago. They are like pit bulls)
Three contests I've "already won"
Two offshore wills (people I never knew listed me as sole beneficiary!)
Two catalog companies extravagant price reductions
Four cosmetic companies with wrinkle-erasing wonder products that will turn me into a raving beauty. (I'm already good at raving, but the unwrinkled beauty is impossible)
A dating service promises the love of my life. (Then who is this man I've been married to for 32 years???)
I stepped out onto the porch and gathered the mail. Aside from the plethora of flyers from local stores, there are gobs of slick, glossy, colored election brochures. (Yes, all of these are from today's delivery. I pity our mail carrier!) If I vote for the measure or proposition, I'm supposedly a Good Person. If I vote for a certain candidate (and please, also donate to their campaign) I'm a Good Citizen. After all, they are dedicated to eradicating corruption, creating jobs, stopping speeding bullets, leaping buildings in a single bound, and serve us all by whipping up world peace. (Wait. I think it's supposed to be leaping over speeding bullets, stopping buildings with their teeth, and whipping up whirrled peas.)
I open my Bible. Jesus promises eternal life, but worldly strife. It takes faith to buy into this. Sometimes, faith comes very easily.It takes foolery and/or money to go along with most of the Emails and snailmails that came. Emails get deleted. Politicians and their fliers are thrown aside and forgotten. Still, the Word of God endures.
Imagine Jesus were to send an email or brochure. "I AM the way, the truth, and the light...." at least that's what mine would say. What would He send to your house?
Cathy
Although I enjoy ALL your posts, Cath--this is your BEST one yet (imho)--What a powerful message here (though I laughed so hard at your "offshore wills" comment I still have tears)--Yes, the message from Jesus is the ONLY one we truly need. He is ALL we need, now and forevermore. Thank you for this post today--it's going in my Keeper Files. Love, PJ
ReplyDeletePj, You have such a gift of encouragement! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAll those contests and wills...I delete them immediately. OTOH, when they call on the phone, I waste their time, hoping it'll keep them from bilking someone.
A guy who called this week was surprised when I asked where he was calling from. "San Diego, in California." I went to college in San Diego. I gushed about the place. He gushed about it, too. I asked if he'd ever eaten at restaurant X, etc. Hey--I'm just a few hours away. Why don't I drive on down to his office this weekend? Suddenly, he's in San Diego, Utah!
Oh my mistake. But that's okay. I'm going to fly in to do some research...
Does anyone else do this?
Cathy
Cathy, I love that picture of Jesus. It looks like He's shaking his fist at whoever is inside and saying something like, "You open the door or I'll open it for you." :D Of course I know Jesus isn't that way. I too will be glad when all the extra mail and spam telling me I need to help people in Africa with their bank accounts, goes away.
ReplyDeleteTracie
Tracie, I'd LOVE to have Jesus bang on my door! I'd rip that sucker open so fast, the mere suction would draw Him right in!
ReplyDeleteCathy
You guys are so funny.
ReplyDeleteI'm chuckling about Jesus getting 'suctioned' into your house... Of course we could always leave the door open, then he could just walk right in. Probably more comfortable. LOL