Wanderman in the Wilderness

God's word applied in the world.

He Took My Mail…And That’s Ok!

Remember the Seinfeld where Newman was hoarding mail? Well, Joseph Brucato made Newman look small-time. Plagued by depression and alcohol addiction, Brucato, a New York mailman, admitted to stashing 40,000 pieces of mail, weighing over 1 ton. The mail was stashed in his apartment, his car, and his locker at the post office. It spanned a decade of “lost” mail.

Brucato is not alone though. Patrick Pascett was found guilty recently of dumping 1,000 pieces of mail in dumpsters along his route because he didn’t feel like delivering them. In North Carolina, Gary Collins hoarded enough mail to fill two dump trucks. And in California, postal worker, Sherry Watanabe, was hiding 48,000 pieces of mail at her home.

To say the least, the slogan “neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow” has taken a few dings because of the actions of a few disturbed people.

Now, I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t miss most of my mail – junk mail, solicitations, etc. I’d especially like it if they kept my bills. Of course, it wouldn’t do any good unless they paid them too! After all, “my mailman stole my letter” won’t work with creditors. We are responsible for our bills, whether delivered or not.

There is a striking resemblance to salvation. We have all fallen short of God’s perfection because of our sins (Romans 3:23). And the paycheck in the mail, or wages, “of sin is death.” But thanks be to God, “the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

God intercepted our letter of death, and He paid the bill Himself! We have a new letter (2 Corinthians 3:6). It is a letter of life that has been written, not in stone, but in our hearts. It is signed in the blood of Christ.

Our new letter reads: “Paid in full, with love, Jesus.” Now that is mailman hoarding I can get behind!

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