Bada-Boom!

Although we just wrote about how we love Sundays, this past one was difficult for us. I brought home an illness that got both Amy and I down for the weekend. We did make it to our 9am meeting, which we love! But something heart breaking happened on our way.

We walked out of our house anticipating a lovely day and even better spirit since we switched to an early meeting schedule. But as we approached our car, we noticed our neighbors looking across the street at our other car. They were shaking their heads and saying how horrible something was. Well once our eyes adjusted to the bright sun, we saw a distressing site.

My driver side rear window had been broken by something. It's easy to see how someone's actions could ruin your whole day, but surprisingly I wasn't really phased by it (until later). I actually thought, "Well that sucks, but I'm in need of forgiveness just as badly as the people who did this to my car." It sounds cheesy, but all the stuff I heard in church that day, and from a fireside we went to that night, made me think of the atonement and how much I need the Lord's forgiveness in my own life. I needed to forgive in order to be forgiven.

Now after church, upon talking to the police and our Farmers agent, I felt a little less Christ-like, but that's another story.

In all there were 16 cars vandalized in our area that night and since no one was caught, we were all left to deal with this mess in our own way. I think I handled it quite well considering the circumstances. Hopefully I will have more opportunities to display similar good behavior, just not more opportunities that cost quite so much coinage.