When Without Walls announced its plans to plant a church in Lakeland several years ago, I was curious. I attended the service to see what all the hype was about. I apparently filled out an information card. Now Paula White stalks me by mail and refuses to leave me alone.

Over the past several years, she has bulk mailed me numerous requests for donations. Oh sure, she tries to personalize it by addressing me by name, but I’m not fooled. For one, she still refers to me as Lorrie Delk. Apparently I failed to mail her a wedding announcement four and a half years ago.

I’ve never sent her organization a donation, opting instead to tithe at my church, donate regularly to a friend who is a missionary in Africa and to purchase the occasional box of Girl Scout cookies. I have nothing against Paula… I just have limited amounts of income I can donate to charity and quite frankly, I like where my money currently is going.

I’ve politely placed her mailings in my recycle bin through the years. Now I want them to stop. It’s better for the environment if she simply quits mailing these things to me, rather than me throwing them in the recycling bin.

But Paula is persistent. I’m about to return a third letter in the postage-paid envelope included in her mailing, with my third request to be removed from her mailing list. In addition to asking for a donation, this mailing included a prayer request.

Pre-printed on the prayer request was this: “Dear Paula, please pray that God’s hand will be on my life and my family in 2008! I have listed my prayer requests and goals for the coming year below. Please join me in prayer for…”

So I added this: “Paula and her staff to honor my THIRD request to be removed from her mailing list.”

Paula, I’m praying to God for this to happen. I hope you’ll be an obedient servant of the Lord and honor my request. It’s nothing against you personally- I’m just trying to reduce some of the clutter in my life.