letters through the glass darkly...

Dear Moses.

Did the rod shed every few months or so?

Just wondering,
Matt

Dear Joseph,

There's a question that I’ve been wanting to ask you for a long time. Probably since Vacation Bible School. Did you ever get paranoid? I would have. Your brothers throw you in a pit and then, to have mercy on you, they sell you into slavery. Potifer’s wife is madly in lust with you. She tries to seduce you and you try to be the model servant and you run away. Then this sex crazed woman accuses you a sexual harassment. I thought to myself, “pulease, give the poor guy a break!” Sure you had a big head. Sure you didn’t wear underwear. Sure you were given the power to interpret dreams. Sure you got the coat of many colors. But this whole life of yours was a universal sting operation until the very end. Did you ever feel like screaming, “My life is full of jerks!” It would have made a great T.V. movie. Come to think of it, I think it was. It has the vital ingredients; sex, lies and fictional rape. Oh well, I’m glad it was you and not me! I would have slapped the women, starved the brothers, burned the stupid coat and spent thousands of dollars in therapy. Maybe not but probably so.

I guess that’s why you’re in the Bible,
Matt

Dear Gideon,

Where’d you come up with the fleece idea? What was that? Make it dry. Make it wet. Give me a sign. I just was wondering because this fleece thing has taken on significance to Southern Baptist leaders. Everybody and their brother is throwing them out. Did you know you were going to have such an incredible impact on ministers trying to make decisions. Even my wife uses it whenever I make a suggestion-- “I’ll throw out a fleece,” she replies. I say, forget the fleece. A simple thumbs up/ thumbs down will work just fine for me. (I'm not saying this is all your fault but the fleece technique is rigged these days. You pick something that you don’t expect to happen and then you cash in on the odds.) Aren’t we supposed to be against gambling?

Here's to the test,
Matt

Dear John the Baptist,

There’s this thing called television. And on this television is a program called “Fear Factor.” Although I don’t watch it I must say that I think you would have made a great contestant. You brought new meaning to the term “radical.” I can’t wait to meet you!

You biggest fan,
Matt

Comments

[myraj]

It amazes me how your mind works! It's a definate gift of God! I have to admit I was alittle saddened when Mark Marshall left as our interim and you took over. But you have been such a blessing also! I have grown spiritually through knowing you and seeing how God works in your life and with your gifts, gifts that are completely foreign to me but such a joy to witness and learn from. And church is exciting now, I am look forward to church and the words you will share and how you will share what God has given you. Thank you for being an obedient and willing servant of our Most High God.