- Jul 14, 2014
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After years of looking for it all over Texas I had finally found THE firearm I had been looking for at a price I felt reasonable to pay. A Henry All Weather .357/.38 Stainless Steel with Black Walnut stock. Took it out to the range this past weekend and it shot amazingly. The range gunsmith came up and admired it. Like me he had been wanting one. This week I hand loaded some ammo and was going to the range after work to see how the new loads shot.
2:00 pm, broad daylight in front of my workplace, two thieves broke into my truck and stole my guns, my go bag, my CB radio and a dozen other things of great sentimental value to me. We almost caught them as they also tried to take the truck but they got away. I spent hours waiting for local LEO to arrive. Then more hours waiting for another to arrive to give them the serial numbers.
The "test" of my Christian metal is not wanting to kill them. The "test" is praying that something good comes out of all of this. The "test" is in fully accepting that we cannot put any value on material things because they will be stolen, broken, burned in fire, destroyed by water. I have had ALL of those things happen since I became a young adult over the past 50 years. Please pray for me to honestly accept that material things should not be considered to make us happy or remind us of those loved ones we have lost. (They also stole a very special knife that had been my Dad's who passed away last this last year.) Things I had held onto for over 40 years from the service were taken in seconds. The most comfortable backpack I had ever owned because I found it in a second hand store (as most of it was) broken in or broken and fixed, but it was mine. Now, a thief who knows nothing of what I went through to acquire those things has them. Or has sold them. Lord, help me to put this behind me and move on. And enjoy this Mothers day with my mom because it might be her last. Amen.
2:00 pm, broad daylight in front of my workplace, two thieves broke into my truck and stole my guns, my go bag, my CB radio and a dozen other things of great sentimental value to me. We almost caught them as they also tried to take the truck but they got away. I spent hours waiting for local LEO to arrive. Then more hours waiting for another to arrive to give them the serial numbers.
The "test" of my Christian metal is not wanting to kill them. The "test" is praying that something good comes out of all of this. The "test" is in fully accepting that we cannot put any value on material things because they will be stolen, broken, burned in fire, destroyed by water. I have had ALL of those things happen since I became a young adult over the past 50 years. Please pray for me to honestly accept that material things should not be considered to make us happy or remind us of those loved ones we have lost. (They also stole a very special knife that had been my Dad's who passed away last this last year.) Things I had held onto for over 40 years from the service were taken in seconds. The most comfortable backpack I had ever owned because I found it in a second hand store (as most of it was) broken in or broken and fixed, but it was mine. Now, a thief who knows nothing of what I went through to acquire those things has them. Or has sold them. Lord, help me to put this behind me and move on. And enjoy this Mothers day with my mom because it might be her last. Amen.
