She Married the Mailman
IllustrationStory★★★★A MILITARY man one day was talking to a young lady whom he had fallen in love with. He was soon to be overseas on assignment and wanted her to wait for his return. He told her he would write her every day just to let her know how serious he was about pursuing her. He wrote her every single day for a year and a half and every single day she received his letters. When he came back home a year and a half later, much to his chagrin, she had married the mailman.
The point
A military man writes daily letters to his girlfriend for eighteen months, only to discover she has married the mailman; the story illustrates how the small consistent presence of someone close can outweigh romantic intentions expressed from afar.
Scripture
Proverbs 27:12Matthew 28:20Proverbs 10:19
Audience
Adults
Tone
Humorous · Cautionary · Ironic
To tell aloud
under a minute · 95 words