When you are robbed of your personal possessions it leaves you with a feeling of being violated. Expecting to have a fun day exploring the city with family and friends and coming back to the car to find broken glass next to your car. Its not just in Detroit. This happened 16 years ago in the 'safe' city of Burlington, Ontario. The stolen item? The baby bag! The first time my wallet was sitting right on top of the bag and if they see it, they will come. Well, I did leave a bright red baby bag on the car seat in Detroit but after hearing about other break ins that same day it makes me wonder could it have happened anyway? To the person who had fun breaking into cars on Saturday, May 25;
It was mine and you decided you wanted it. I earned it and someone taught you to believe that has no value to you. You get by in life by taking from others' hard earned money. You decided that you would break my car window and take what you thought was a purse but in fact it was my daughters baby bag. I wish all you found was my daughters favorite book, a hand-me-down outfit, some diapers and wipes but my Canon camera was buried in the bottom of that mess. I just used it days before to capture my son's senior honors night that doesn't have any value to you whatsoever! Luckily, I downloaded my pictures from Ethiopia but feel free to look at them and see poverty worse than your own and maybe it would lead you to grow a conscience. Clearly no one cared to pay attention to you breaking our car window so you took the time to look around and found my purse 'hidden' on the floor of the car. A leather purse that I purchased in Ethiopia,( so, sentimental to me), sunglasses that my kids gave me for my birthday last year and a few family photos throughout my wallet. No cash but just one credit card that you so eagerly ran off with and used at the nearest gas station. It took about two days to give up my worldly possessions and not be upset with you. Until yesterday when I discovered another item you stole from me. An expensive little item tucked away in the change purse of my wallet. Are you an amateur or did you check every crevice of my bag? Did you find the 1/2 caret diamond earring I placed there the day I got a double piercing? No tears anymore. Maybe a little anger but then I had to laugh. See, some of these things can be replaced and the others aren't that important. Not when I think of having my family and friends and the love of God in my life. My relationship with God keeps me sane in times like these. I believe in doing what's right. I believe in eternal life. I believe in the Bible and immediately the verse in Matthew 6:19-20 came to mind; 'Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where theives can break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.' And then in verse 21 it says, 'For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.' Praying you see this to be true one day and repent and God will forgive.
And so I breathe a sigh of relief singing It is Well With My Soul in church last night. I am free indeed!
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