PURSE-sonally Speaking

[Chad]

PURSE-sonally Speaking - January 12, 2007

Weird happening this week. I thought my purse got stolen. Yeah, canceling credit cards, getting a new license, trying to piece my calendar back together--it was a panicky, disheartening pain in the neck.

I asked all my friends to start praying. And boy are they good, because my purse suddenly turned up at home tucked away in a remote place in my laundry room. I was totally relieved and totally humiliated all at the same time. I had filed a police report, for Pete's sake! I was SO SURE someone had taken it!

Anytime I'm feeling "so sure" I hope I'll remember the crow-eating moment of having to call the police on myself to report myself a total idiot. And I'm also hoping that crow is at least relatively low in calories. What a helping I've had this week.

Of course, my purse was never lost to God. He probably wondered anyway why I was in such a lather over a bag of lint and old tissues and that huge handful of receipts I'll never need. But he never lost sight of it.

That's one thing I can be "so sure" of. As a matter of fact, I can be sure of everything the Father has written down for me in his Word. And really, that's about it. The good news is that that's enough. It's all I need. Well, and maybe every once in awhile, those used tissues and old receipts.

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[Dreamer]

:embarasse he-hee

I once thought my paycheck had been stolen. I lived in apartments in the projects and a lady had been to my house who was frequently put in jail for stealing and drugs. So, of course, when my paycheck came up missing, I suspected her, because I'd left her alone in my apt to answer the door.

One other time, she had stolen a $20 dollar bill from me. So I just assumed that she'd taken my paycheck. It was a large sum; I only got paid once a month at that job.

I called the police and they went to her apt. (across the field from my apt.) I could see the police at her door. "A-ha!" I thought. "So there! You're not going to get away with it this time!" I thought vehemently.

The police left her door and came to mine. "She didn't steal it," they said. She just got out of jail 2 weeks ago, and she's scared to death. She says she did steal $20 from you once, but she did not take your paycheck.

I was so embarrassed later that day when I found my paycheck on my bed, amidst a bunch of tossed clothing. I had to call the police to tell them how dumb I am. True story.