You Wanted a Sign?

Remember those cool billboards bearing “messages from God”? They used to be all over. I don’t get to travel around as much as I used to and so I don’t get to see them any more. The one-liners were definitely thought provoking and would make my day whenever I had the opportunity to see one. A while back I found the following in a Reader’s Digest magazine (only saved the one page) attributed to Tom Kuntz in New York Times. (The last one slays me.)

Each message was signed “God”.
- Let’s meet at my house Sunday before the game.
- Loved the wedding. Invite me to the marriage.
- Will the road you’re on get you to my place?
- That “love thy neighbor” thing – I meant it.
- Do you have any idea where you’re going?
- Need a marriage counselor? I’m available.
- Follow me.
- Keep using my name in vain, I’ll make rush hour longer.
- I don’t question your existence.
- What part of “thou shalt not” didn’t you understand?
- I love you… I love you… I love you.
- We need to talk.
- Don’t make me come down there.

Some may find these impudent or irreverent, but I don’t think there’s any disrespect in what the author of those billboards was trying to communicate.

Tell me, what did you think as you read them?