Nuisance Phone Calls 10/30/2025

 Good Morning,

I am sitting at my desk and sipping on a very hot cup of Door County Wisconsin Harvest Blend Coffee. It is time to write.

Mark 12:31 NKJV  Jesus Said. " You shall love your neighbor as yourself"

It was very quiet and peaceful until a few minutes ago. That's when my telephone rang and disturbed the silence. It is that time of the year when people on Medicare can sign up and make make changes to their insurance coverage. This starts a barrage of phone calls to your home, or cell phone asking you to consider what their company has to offer. In many instances these calls are a scam to steal your money. One has to be careful with these calls. They sound good but really aren't. 

Here is the challenge for me. I work with a reputable insurance broker. We sit down face to face over coffee and adjust whatever needs changing (which is very seldom). I woke up to the first call of the day this morning at 6:am. I live in the Midwest of the United States, This tells me that the call came from the East Coast of the US where they are on Eastern Standard Time. 

My complaint  is that I struggle  with being nice and answering politely to these unwanted calls. I have the latest a greatest screening applications loaded on to my phone, and I seldom answer my phone if I cannot identify the caller.  But I have never purchased anything from someone who called me on the phone. Yet the calls persist. 

This morning's call was answered politely and I declined in the first fifteen seconds saying nicely that my situation was fine and I needed nothing and added a thank you. Then the woman turned rude and insulted my intelligence and hung up. 

Well I spouted off and it didn't make me feel better. I prayed for the caller and asked God to give her a job, one that does not have to interrupt the peace of others, or to assist in helping her to leave a life of crime.  In addition, I believe that Loving your neighbor includes not violating their personal space. 

Food for thought.

Marty