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Fortune Cookie Jesus OR God is my butler and bellman




I love my job, especially working for a “Christian” company. My favorite part of the day is when the mass emails intended to inspire, to lift office moral, and to make you just feel good pop in unexpectedly to my little outlook box! This one came forwarded to me from a co-worker. I couldn’t really tell if this was taken from The Flying Eggroll’s fortune cookies or if Joel Osteen coined the thought… but, realistically either is a likely explanation.

Here’s what it said:

“When God leads you to the edge of the cliff, trust Him fully and let go, only 1 of 2 things will happen, either He'll catch you when you fall, or He'll teach you how to fly! The power of one sentence! God is going to shift things around for you today and let things work in your favor. God closes doors no man can open & God opens doors no man can close.” (emphasis mine)

Nonetheless, I am reminded every day of the superstitious nature of the average person’s folk-theology.

I don’t know the religious history of the people passing this stuff around, but my co-worker and fellow-minded friend in the faith responded by saying this:

“…too bad many would say that God didn’t catch them…instead he let them fall on their f-ing faces…I have friends who are indeed Christian, yet have been through very difficult times…this kind of crap is despicable to them.

I love the inconsistencies of company policies. We should find some blessing or encouraging promise from the Koran or the Book of Mormon and send it out.”

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