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October 04, 2004
The thief comes...
If one upset was enough for the weekend, we shared in a double portion Sunday night. Our dear friend Stacia’s home was burglarized Sunday night as a group of us sat around enjoying the evening.
She got a call on her cell, which adorned an 800 number (which in times past has been a call from ADT, her home security company) and her countenance quickly changed from a glowing smile to a look of horror. As we arrived at the scene, Minneapolis Police Officers entered the house guns drawn (even Stacia mentioned it was kind of exciting and COPS like). We had some interesting conversation with one of the officers. According to him, because of lack of resources (due to city mismanagement of funds, not a lack of government funding, in his opinion) they said it’s very hard to be responsive to such calls when the police force continues to cut back the number of officers, which is already half the size of most similarly populated cities in the U.S. In fact, he went on to tell us that after 1:45am there are a total of 7 officers on duty for all of North Minneapolis – not 7 patrols, 7 officers total. Does this seem weak to anyone else but me? But enough commentary on city spending… back to the invasion itself.
The worst part is not the stolen goods, it’s the fear that has to be fought off and the feelings of a ‘safe place’ like your own home being invaded by an unknown party. Cari and I got a taste of that when we decided to stay the night with Stacia after the incident. Every little sound the house could make was a seed for a frightened imagination. It’s the worst, most uneasy feeling in the world if not kept in check with prayer and casting down wrong thoughts.
God is my protector and as I have sometimes painfully learned, issues of my obedience or lack there of are not easily identified as determining factors for such. And I believe too much introspection or searching for such answers could be likened to believing a dieing man who doesn’t overcome life-threatening disease didn’t have the faith to do so or failed to obey God in some matter. Quite simply, the best I can figure, there is a very real enemy in our lives and his name is not Osama or Sadam. His name is Satan, and his intention is to “steal, kill and destroy” (John 10:10), especially those who serve the King.
Posted by anthonyb at October 4, 2004 10:13 PM
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