He gives and takes away...but gives again!

Yesterday, some people broke into my house. I managed to lose my laptop, digital camera, PS3, and PSP. Strangely and thankfully, there was one external hard drive that wasn't taken...and has a backup of my laptop's hard drive from a month ago. So I have pretty much all my old schoolwork, documents, etc saved. My dad also lost his old Nikon camera, but somehow still has the wad of cash tucked away behind the clothes in his closet. Little John unfortunately lost his DS....I plan to get him a new one at some point.

For most of yesterday, I was in a state of shock. It's a really uncomfortable feeling in my chest area that you get when you feel like you lost something important. But, I was constantly reminded that material things in this world stay in this world, and they will eventually disappear. In the end, they aren't of any use. I was reminded of this while struggling through exams, but it seems that I needed another reminder. God really knows how to get His point across.

So where's the "gives again" part to this story? I come home, and I realize that I've been working on a Windows 7 machine the entire time. I still have a working computer!! So good....God is really awesome.



Extra: Today, I was talking with a fellow classmate on Communicator at work. I found it quite interesting that we would have a serious conversation, since I didn't perceive him to be that type of person. It somehow went from talking about unloyal friends to me sharing to him a bit about Christianity, which was quite interesting. Totally wasn't expected.