There was this fellow who worked for U. S. Postal Service, whose job it was
to process all mail that had illegible addresses.
One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God.
He thought, "Oh boy, better open this one and see what it's all about."
So he opened it and read:
"Dear God,
“I am an 83 year old widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday
someone stole my purse. It had 100 dollars in it which was all the money I
had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Easter, and I had invited
two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to
buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and You are my only hope. Can
You please help me?"
The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the
others. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars.
By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an
envelope and sent over to her. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a
warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done.
Easter came and went, and a few days later came another letter from the old
lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.
It read:
"Dear God,
“How can I ever thank You enough for what You did for me? Because of Your
generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very
nice day, and I told my friends of Your wonderful gift. By the way, there
was 4 dollars missing. I think it must have been those thieving *ricks at
the Post Office."
to process all mail that had illegible addresses.
One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God.
He thought, "Oh boy, better open this one and see what it's all about."
So he opened it and read:
"Dear God,
“I am an 83 year old widow living on a very small pension. Yesterday
someone stole my purse. It had 100 dollars in it which was all the money I
had until my next pension check. Next Sunday is Easter, and I had invited
two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to
buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and You are my only hope. Can
You please help me?"
The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the
others. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars.
By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an
envelope and sent over to her. The rest of the day, all the workers felt a
warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done.
Easter came and went, and a few days later came another letter from the old
lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.
It read:
"Dear God,
“How can I ever thank You enough for what You did for me? Because of Your
generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very
nice day, and I told my friends of Your wonderful gift. By the way, there
was 4 dollars missing. I think it must have been those thieving *ricks at
the Post Office."
