Dan Cain of Twinsburg, Ohio, went to his local post office. Like most of us, he expected to receive some letters, mailers, and probably some bills.
What he found was seventy-nine bins of mail. Each
contained roughly seven hundred copies of the same letter addressed to him,
55,000 in total.
They were all from the College Avenue Student Loan Company.
The company had intended to send Cain and his wife a financial statement for a
student loan they had taken out for their daughter’s tuition. The company
apologized and explained that a glitch in their outgoing mail system was
responsible.
Compounding the mistake, Cain said, the 55,000 letters had
an incorrect payment amount. The company used the wrong interest rate to
calculate his payment.
Cain says the letters are now stacked in his garage. He’s
not entirely sure what to do with them: “I may just start a fire, a
bonfire, and burn it all,” he said, laughing.
According to the US Postal Service, the delivery of 55,000 letters “is not something we see often.” We hope not.
Three lessons for our souls
We can learn at least three lessons from this story.
One: The most mundane events can become the most unusual.
Dan Cain made a trip to the post office, something he had
probably been doing for many years. He could never have predicted what was
waiting for him on this day.
That’s because the past does not predict the future. The
best way to prepare for a future we cannot see is to trust the God who does. He
promises that “when you pass through the waters, I will be with you”
(Isaiah 43:2).
Corrie ten Boom was right: “Never be afraid to trust an
unknown future to a known God.”
Two: Secret sin never stays secret.
The College Avenue Student Loan Company sent a private
letter to a private individual, but their mistake soon became national news.
Whether the world saw their error or not, God did: “No creature is hidden
from his sight, but all are naked and…
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