I Suppose It Takes All Kinds

[plutotek]

Went home for lunch today and checked my mail; no mail, but was surprised to find a note. "God doesn't bless the hurtful. Praying for you".

I called my wife and asked if she recalled me ticking off anyone lately (she's known as Mary Poppins, me not so much). Told her about the note, and the only thing she could come up with was she had to ask a woman who was attending a yard sale across the street to move her car that was blocking our driveway. She had just returned from grocery shopping and wasn't going to wait for them to return to the car. She's very polite in situations like this, so she never thought anymore about it. I told her that, if that was the cause, then I'm glad it's not me this time.

I just find it annoying that if someone was offended, they didn't have the courage to approach us directly but instead chose to not only leave a note ,but break the law to do it (only people allowed inside a mailbox are the postman and the recipient).

 

[DWGal210]

Wow....sounds like a wack-a-do! Talk about being passive aggressive!

Did your neighbors get one, too? Perhaps it was a church that did it??

But you're 100% right, putting things in others mailboxes is a no-no.

 

[Angelhalo]

Wow....sounds like a wack-a-do! Talk about being passive aggressive!

Did your neighbors get one, too? Perhaps it was a church that did it??

But you're 100% right, putting things in others mailboxes is a no-no.

That doesn't sound like anything any church I know of would do.

OP it's possible they could have just guessed the wrong house. That note could have been meant for someone else and ended up in your box by mistake. I doubt someone who was just stopped at a yard sale would make their way all the way back to your neighborhood to leave a note just because they were asked politely to move from blocking the driveway.

 

[EMom]

Here is your prayer for them in return:

"Bite me. Amen."

 

[C.Ann]

Would I wonder who it was from - and what it as about? Yeah..

Would it bother me? No.. It was harmless - and certainly not threatening in any way..

 

[Toad_Passenger]

We have churches in our area that do this. We get all kinds of "notes" from them. The first time I could have sworn it was hand-written, but if you really scrutinized it, you could see it was printed but made to look like someone's writing.

We get ones that talk about praying for the ill (when no one is sick), the hurtful (even though we're pretty calm people), or the wicked (okay, I may be a bit on the wicked side).

We never can figure out which Church is doing it, but I suspect it is several of them.

 

[tonilea]

Here is your return prayer:

I havent been to church since I don’t remember when
Things were goin’ great ‘til they fell apart again
So I listened to the preacher as he told me what to do
He said you can’t go hatin’ others who have done wrong to you
Sometimes we get angry, but we must not condemn
Let the good Lord do His job and you just pray for them

I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill
I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know whereever you are honey, I pray for you

I’m really glad I found my way to church
‘Cause I’m already feelin’ better and I thank God for the words
Yeah I’m goin’ take the high road
And do what the preacher told me to do
You keep messin’ up and I’ll keep prayin’ for you

I pray your tire blows out at 110
I pray you pass out drunk with your best friend and wake up with his and her tattoos

I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill
I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know whereever you are, near or far, in your house or in your car,
wherever you are honey, I pray for you.
I pray for you

by Jaron And The Long Road To Love

 

[PghLybrt]

We get notes like that all the time! Sometimes shoved in the door, in the mailbox, hanging from the doornob or just slid under the front mat. They annoy me, I will admit ( but not as much as the constant phonebooks that keep getting delivered, but that is for another thread! ). My neighbor does not get them ( I asked her).

 

[plutotek]

The funny thing is that I'm usually the one that would be the target of something like this, but I've been a 'good boy' of late. Does it tick me off? Nah, it just was annoying. If I was to find out it was a church deal, I would be pursuing it differently, but I don't. I figure it was just a) the woman my wife talked to and she took my wife's attitude in a way not intended, or b) it got put into the wrong mailbox.

If it had occurred next week, then I would say I was the culprit because I'll have my beasts/demons/skeletons out in the yard for Halloween. I'm sure they felt better after leaving the note, and that works for me.

And Tonilea, you're prayer fit perfectly w/my twisted sense of humor.

 

[tonilea]

I love that song! Here is a link to the video http://www.onlylyrics.com/hits.php?grid=8&id=1040119

 

[kim929]

Here is your prayer for them in return:

"Bite me. Amen."

lmao.....

 

[GeorgeG]

That's the kind of thing that makes insignificant people seem important.

 

[PFlamingo]

Here is your prayer for them in return:

"Bite me. Amen."

Love the song, too.

 

[cm8]

Here is your return prayer:

I havent been to church since I don’t remember when
Things were goin’ great ‘til they fell apart again
So I listened to the preacher as he told me what to do
He said you can’t go hatin’ others who have done wrong to you
Sometimes we get angry, but we must not condemn
Let the good Lord do His job and you just pray for them

I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill
I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know whereever you are honey, I pray for you

I’m really glad I found my way to church
‘Cause I’m already feelin’ better and I thank God for the words
Yeah I’m goin’ take the high road
And do what the preacher told me to do
You keep messin’ up and I’ll keep prayin’ for you

I pray your tire blows out at 110
I pray you pass out drunk with your best friend and wake up with his and her tattoos

I pray your brakes go out runnin’ down a hill
I pray a flowerpot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I’d like to
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls
I pray you’re flyin’ high when your engine stalls
I pray all your dreams never come true
Just know whereever you are, near or far, in your house or in your car,
wherever you are honey, I pray for you.
I pray for you

by Jaron And The Long Road To Love