Oh, the glory that is email. It can be your most helpful tool, a friend in need, reliable and trustworthy. Then... as quickly as you can click send, it betrays you. I experienced such betrayal this morning. And this was not the first time. But it was the least gut-wrenching, so I thought I'd share. I received an email from Southeastern Seminary, about a Preview Weekend they're having next month. I thought it would be good to forward it on to my dad, asking him to pray, so I sent this:
I'm praying about going to this. Thought I'd ask you to pray too! :) ~Anne Marie
Interestingly enough, just 20 minutes later, I received this email- not from dad...
You are prayed for, Anne Marie. Let me know if you have any questions! Thanks for asking me to pray. - R. Woodworth
How is that possible? I had hit forward. However, in checking the email to see where it had been... lo and behold, I hit reply and sent my prayer request to a complete stranger. That has to be the first time she got such an idiotic but endearing response. I imagine most people write back with 'I plan on attending' or 'I won't be attending,' or don't bother writing back at all. What a doofus. Anyway, has something like this ever happened to you? I could use a good laugh, and the knowledge that I am not alone.
Also, I thought this was a good read today: Was Abraham a Fanatic?
3 comments:
lol...that's awesome.
I'm afraid I don't share a similar experience. I always check and double check...I'm just paranoid like that.
Hehehe....I've had a few more painful and job-threatening ones, actually. I thought this one was sweet. And, actually, I get perfect strangers that want to attend orientation ask me to pray for them because they want to attend so don't feel bad, this person sounded really touched that you would ask them to pray for you:)
My habit is to remove the addressee from the "From" and "CC" lines to make sure I don't send the message before it's completely cooked.
Nothing like a raw message going to the wrong (or right) person.
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