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The Vorlon Wife and I were listening to the radio on the way home last night. On Saturday night, a lady comes on the air. People call in and give her their story and she picks a song to play for them. It’s low-key relaxing music.
One lady called in and she was a trip. She wanted to dedicate a song to her husband of 20 years. She said that she had about given up on finding the right guy for her. This lady had a rather strong southern accent. Then she said that out of frustration she prayed out to God. She said, “God. Please send me a man that doesn’t drink or smoke or do drugs or stay out all night or run around and likes to fish.â€
Many years ago, she was working as a cashier and the man, now her husband frequently came through her line. He came through her line, even when her line was the longest one in the store.
She said he always paid by check. So one time took his check and got the phone number from it. Later she called his home and asked for the missus. The daughter, who had answered, replied there was not missus. The lady explained to the disk jockey lady that she had learned to be careful.
A few weeks after that the fellow asked her out and she discovered the man met all of her criteria. In addition, he loved to fish. They were eventually married. It wasn’t to a few years after they were married that she owned up to what she had done with the phone call.
I think there are a couple of lessons from this little story we can all take to heart.
1) Know what you want in very specific detail. This lady had it laid out in pretty good detail.
2) Don’t be afraid to ask God for help. But when you do, be specific. This lady did that in spades.
Posted by The Vorlon at September 18, 2005 7:07 PM