So... I guess Jesus loves me. Thanks for ruining my day.

I was coming back to work from my lunch break. It's quite a walk to get from the parking lot to my building, so I was just strolling along enjoying the nice weather.

On a side note, the weather in "upstate" NY has been fantastic lately. We're going on an unprecedented* 10 or 11 straight days of sun.

A nice older couple was walking in the opposite direction as me. "Hello!" the woman called. I looked up. "Jesus loves you!" That was the end of our interaction. I went from enjoying the great weather to being upset and baffled by this lady who felt she needed to tell me that. I was upset on many levels. First, there were two or three people who were also walking from their cars to the building ahead of me. She didn't say peep to them, does that mean Jesus doesn't love them? Perhaps just not as much as me? I would imagine that this lady believes Jesus loves everyone... Did I look like I needed uplifting? Because really, this just creeped me out. Second, let's assume she believes that Jesus really does love everyone (whether or not the recipient of this helpful tidbit believes it is irrelevant). If that's true, then why bother say anything? I don't go around making blanket statements to strangers, even if they are true. "Hello there, giant pandas are endangered!" "Hey you, oxygen is necessary to survive!" "Only you can prevent forest fires!" None of those are more silly or out of place than what this lady said. (OK, maybe the last one was a little more silly. Only because it's a quote from a cartoon bear.) Third, she has no right to assume that I would be comforted by her, a complete stranger, telling me that Jesus loves me. Like I said, it just creeped me out. Jesus, if you're reading this, PLEASE tell your followers to not do this. It does not get the point across that I'm assuming she was trying to make (or that you would want her to make on your behalf). I had a fourth reason why this upset me, but I lost track. The first three pretty much sum it all up anyway. This lady ruined my walk in the sun. * Absolutely no research went into making this claim that 10 or 11 consecutive days of sun is unprecedented in this area. I just feel like it is.