Ordinary Eve
Now I don't want to moan...but is it just me or do you get irritated by some of the Christian circular emails forwarded to you by friends? I’ll wager there are a couple clogging up your inbox right now.
Sickly sweet
The first type I feel the need to rant about are the sentimental ones supposed to bless me and bless my friends if I send it to them. I have a theory that these sickly sweet stories are made up by the same people who design those Christian posters with cute animals on them. I already know that Jesus loves me just as I am, I don’t need a fluffy kitten playing on a ball of wool to tell me.
Sorry to sound cynical and ungrateful but … I am!
Don’t get me wrong, I like getting forwarded emails from friends, especially funny or informative ones, but there is a lot of drivel out there and perhaps we should be a bit more discerning.
I am not your bitch
Then there are the ones asking you to do something – usually sign a petition or pray. We have all probably sent them before, myself included. If the Internet is an electronic information superhighway then the stuff I get sent several times a week is like the well-meaning but slow Reliant Robin driver blocking the traffic and causing delays and diversions.
Not only do you have to spend time reading the stuff and signing the petition, you are then expected to forward it on to every Christian in your mailbox.
The worst ones are those containing a veiled threat:
‘Remember, Christ said "He who denies Me before men, I will also deny Him before my Father which is in heaven." ‘
Not only has my tea stewed because I have had to spend time reading this thing but I am going to hell if I don’t forward it! What?!
Moreover, a lot of the prayer requests and petitions we are forwarded are not true anyway or are being re-circulated several years later and are no longer relevant.
I recommend you check out the web site www.truthorfiction.com to check the truth and validity of the email you have been sent. I am sure we have all prayed for various unknown Christians around the globe facing death or imprisonment only to find out later that they are fine or, worse, that they never existed!
Heartfelt plea
So, here is my plea to you. Let’s all think before we print and check it out before passing it on. Rant over.
