Posted by John_NorCal on 12/18/06 4:01pm
Msg #166528
OT - The Christmas dinner story
There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose
job it was to process all the mail that had illegible
addresses.
One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky
handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought
he should open it to see what it was about.
The letter read:
Dear God,
I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small
pension. Yesterday, someone stole my purse. It had
$100 in it, which was all the money I had until my
next pension check.
Next Sunday is Christmas, 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?
Sincerely,
Edna
The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to
all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her
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 to the woman.
The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow
thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to
share with her friends.
Christmas came and went.
A few days later, another letter came from the same
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 gift of love, I was able to fix a
glorious 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 missing. I think it must have been
those bxxxxxxs at the Post Office!!
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