"Life is like a box of chocolate...."

First off can I just say how much I love the movie Forest Gump....CLASSIC!

There is a reason to my madness....

Today was very eventful....my car got broken into, and my television got stolen.
Now first I would like to say that it was not smart on my end to leave the tv in the car but I was thinking, and waiting on a friend to help me get in, which I should have done sooner. Now that, that is out of the way let me continue....
So my car got broken into which is never fun, and is a first for me...but this is Wilson and things like this happen not only here but everywhere.
DISCOVERY:
I discovered that my car got broken into about 10:05am this morning when I was on my way to my practicum (observing a teacher at a school).... immediately I called father and mother and checked to make sure nothing else was taken. Then it was off to the police department. One of the many things I like about Barton is that we have our own police department of Wilson police...so these are not just college security people but FOR REAL police, like the father. So a police officer came to my car and wrote down all the information and asked me all the questions. After that I sort of had a melt down...I cried, I was tad bit overwhelmed because not only do I have a huge load of school work I now had to deal with this...not fun....also needless to say I did not go to my practicum... The next step was to tape my window.
TAPING:
I did not have any tape or really any cardboard so I had to go on a search... First I went to the caf to ask Tony our food director person if he had any of the two....he did not. SIDE-NOTE: Today we had a silent lunch...now this is not the bad silent lunch where you are being punished and cant speak...this is for deaf ed majors or anyone who wants to sign....aka silent lunch...sign, no speak. So after speaking to Tony I ate lunch and signed for a good hourish.
My next stop for finding cardboard and tape was the post office/book store. They had cardboard but no tape for free.... so I passed on the tape. Now I had a huge piece of cardboard but no tape...SOO my next stop to try and find FREE tape was the physical plant which I waited there for like 8 minutes and nobody came to the front desk so I left.... but thank goodness for my suitemate who had tape! Taping cardboard over an awkward shape window is not as easy as you think.... and I know people in the parking lot who were coming and going were looking at me like I was crazy.
While taping I began to think about the person or persons who did this....and I felt compassion. Now I know there are peolple in the world who do bad things just because, and thats what the enemy wants...I mean it could have been the richest person in the world who broke in my car and stole my tv...just because he was tempted by the enemy and fell into his trap...but Im pretty sure thats not the case...It was probably someone who needed money and saw something that they could resell and get cash for. This stuck in my mind, and I began to pray for that person or persons who did this and just asked the LORD to minister to their hearts, and show His beauty to them, and love.

Is that not like GOD to take a situation in which I could be angry and upset about, and allow the enemy to use this situation to tempt me.... I mean I could have said, "Why would God allow this, someone to break my window and take the tv...couldnt He put His angels around it and keep it safe..." but no, God used this situation to fill me with compassion for that person/persons.... To instead of respond with anger, respond in prayer for that person/persons. No matter what happens in life, the LORD will never give me anything that I cannot get through with Him by my side, and that praying is always the best option.

Now I opened with a forest Gump statement, and I should probably conclude with why I did...
Forest Gump said, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what ya going to get." and this is so true.... I did not know that the piece of chocolate I got included my car window being smashed...but it did....but that statement isnt the "lesson" its what you do after you get the piece of chocolate...are you going to react as the world reacts or are you going to react by going to your knees in prayer... and go to the ONE?


HERE IS A VIDEO OF MY CAR....the video shuts off because my camera messed up... but you get the basic idea.