# A prayer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298 "2002-05-22T14:13:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/1 "2002-05-22T14:13:02Z")
Recieved in an email… \*PRAYER Every evening As I’m laying here in bed, This tiny little prayer Keeps running through my head. God bless my Mom and Dad And bless my little pup. And look out for my brother When things aren’t looking up. And God, there’s one more thing I wish that you could do. Hope you don’t mind me asking But please bless my computer, too? Now I know that’s not normal To bless a mother board. But just listen a second While I explain to you, my Lord. You see, that little metal box Holds more to me than odds & ends. Inside those small compartments Rest a hundred of my BEST FRIENDS. Some, it’s true I’ve never seen, And most I’ve never met. We’ve never exchange hugs Or shared a meal as yet… I know for sure they like me By the kindness that they give. And this little scrap of metal Is how I travel to where they live. By faith is how I know them Much the same as You. I share in what life brings them From that our friendship grew. Please, take an extra minute From Your duties up above To bless this scrap of metal That’s filled with so much love!\* ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/2 "2002-05-22T14:27:22Z")
And bless my car while you’re at it. I’m sorry, but can someone pass me the puke bucket? [sub]I’m sure the OP means well, I really am. But GAH!! I hate glurge. My apologies, Reeder.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/3 "2002-05-22T16:59:38Z")
Hey **Reeder** - thanks for sharing that. _I_ enjoyed it. In a few days I’m going to meet 3 people in person that I have made friendships with online and I am thankful for the internet and the relationships I have made 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/4 "2002-05-22T17:53:49Z")
If you really felt like appologizing you wouldnt have said anything in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/5 "2002-05-22T19:17:22Z")
Ah come on. It’s corny, but it’s kinda sweet. At least this kind of glurge can be avoided if you so choose. It isn’t as if you are downloading it in your email box, a kajillion times a day, with a lot of “FW: FW: FW:” in front of the subject title. Be thankful for that. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/6 "2002-05-22T23:53:30Z")
If you are going to copy and paste someone else’s words in a thread on the SDMB, could you at least make an effort to find the author with a Google or Yahoo! search, and if you are unsuccessful, indicate as much in the OP? If you find a site with the same text, then give us a link to that site instead of posting someone else’s words here. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-prayer/110298/7 "2002-05-22T23:57:01Z")
The last thing I want to do is draw god’s attention to my computer. S/he might get ticked off next time I go to [www.infidels.org](http://www.infidels.org) and turn it into a smoking heap of metal slag.