I wrote yesterday of my sadness at being defriended on Facebook by my (former) minister. As fate would have it, I ended the day by deleting a lot of my friends. I am retired and on disability. I have nothing of my own and not much income. What income I have helps pay my medical expenses. Gratefully my basic needs and some wants are taken care of by a very dear friend.I went online to pay my bills and bam, numerous charges here and there, that are not mine. My one credit card was slammed hard. I use this card for online purchases only out of fear of theft. However, I bought something locally recently. I did not feel comfortable giving up my checking account information. So, I used my online card in that store. I trusted the salesman in the store but there were numerous people sitting at his desk going through stuff, on the days I was in the store. In my mind I have narrowed my breach down to that store or one online source. In reality, it is probably "Bigger then the Beatles", there are bogus telephone numbers associated with the charges.
I will probably never know for sure what, where, why, when, or how. I do know it sure is a mess. I am changing passwords, cancelling accounts, and credit cards. I feel violated. As a person with huge trust issues to start with, this was a severe blow. I don't know who or what to trust. I have deleted people on Facebook I really don't know. I want to check for a key-logger on my computer but which program is safe and not a spy itself. And, I am searching for the lesson in it all.
Linn,
ReplyDeleteGod is with you and will ALWAYS be with you. Sometimes we don't know why things happen. Many times they certainly don't seem fair...but for whatever reason, He has a plan. He is leading you somewhere. Keep praying about it, meditate and listen. OFten I don't get the answer until much later...but as the old saying goes...nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. He's big. He's huge. And He's on YOUR side!!!
I can appreciate the way you feel. I felt like that when I use to live downtown Adrian. My car was broken into 3 times. The last time, they destroyed my back seat, trunk...it was just a mess. I too, felt absolutely violated. At the time, I was a temp working at Tecumseh Products. The people I was working with heard what had happened. They took a collection for me (I hadn't been there more than a few months!) and presented me with $200 to get my car fixed. I sobbed. I barely knew this group of strangers and they did something so wonderfully kind. Was it my lesson? Was it someone else's lesson? I don't know. God took care of me then, and He has been ever since! My prayers and thoughts are with you, Linn.
Love ya, Jen