Hey You...GET A LIFE!

Well, guess what, friends...I have a stalker. Not the nice, "you're so pretty", admire me from afar, kind of stalker. Instead, I'm the happy recipient of the mean, hateful, uninformed, COWARDLY, "you're old, and you are a failure in every aspect of your life" kind of stalker. Nice, huh?

I have received two anonymous emails in the last couple of months. They have been from bogus email addresses, through my company website, and naturally, they were not signed. The messages in both were full of hate, venom, untruth, accusation, assumption and judgement. The person behind these emails is someone that knows me, or thinks they do.

I have chosen, until now, to let these emails go unmentioned to anyone, with the exception of a couple of close friends and family members. However, I have now decided to write about them here.

My reasoning for this is simple. I believe that this person reads this blog. As a matter of fact, I'm certain of it.

Did you know that there are ways to search email addresses...even bogus ones? I didn't.
Did you know that there are ways to track IP addresses to locate the source of said emails? I didn't.
Did you know that there are laws against this exact thing and that I can file charges? I didn't.

I do now!

I'm pretty sure I know who my stalker is. Not just the fact that this person is a sad, delusional, evil, hurtful, cowardly, lonely individual that has nothing better to do than to throw hateful stones at others, under a blanket of anonymity, but actually WHO this person is.

The truth is, I'm not angry at this person. I don't hate them. I feel very sorry for them. Sorry that their heart is so black and cold, that they feel justified to say these things to me, for no reason whatsoever. Sorry that they don't have the guts to say these things to me face to face. Sorry that when it's all said and done, they don't know me at all. But most of all, sorry that they couldn't possibly know or serve the God that I do. My God is forgiving, full of grace and mercy and loves me...warts and all.

So, to my stalker, I say this...

I forgive you for the hateful things you have said to me. I will pray for you.

I have a feeling I won't be hearing from my stalker again...unless I contact them first. *winks*

Put an end to all this stalker nonsense? Don't mind if I friggin' do...