The Key Factor

Occasionally I end my day with a migraine, but today that's how I greeted life.  With a sharp pounding all around my head, I went upstairs to say good-morning to my parents.  They were sitting around the kitchen table, where they informed me that I was sending out horrible emails in the middle of the night.
"What!!??"
Unbeknownst to me, a hacker had gotten into my hotmail account and emailed every one of my contacts.  I am so sad and disappointed.  Why?  Why do people do this?  I quickly tried to apologize to everyone, but my daily limit of sending emails had also been maxed out, so I couldn't say that I am extremely sorry for something I didn't do.  A huge knot began to settle in my stomach. 
As I was checking my emails, I even had one response that said "Karen, what is this?  You call this missions?"  Well, that just broke my heart.  NO!!  I would never intentionally send out rude or vulgar emails.  I am grateful for the few people who alerted me to this crazy situation, but upset that I couldn't stop it from happening. 
This evening I was reading a team-mate's blog post, describing how he lost his van keys while jogging, and it made me think back to when I lost a few important keys in Uganda.  Apparently there was a hole in my shorts pocket, and I lost the keys to my gate, house, garage, and post office box.  All very important, and I certainly didn't want any stranger to find them and break into my place.  I had walked over to a friends house, but while it was visiting it started pouring rain.  I ended up coming home in the dark, on the back of a motorcycle, and when I got to the gate, I realized the keys were gone.  Well, the knot in my stomach began then also.  I had to go and tell my team leader that I had lost some very important keys. 
The next morning, I got up early and tried to re-walk the path I had taken the evening before, in order to try and find those keys.  On my way back to the house, a neighbour spotted me on the road.  Denis said to me, "Karen, why such a long face?"  I told him that I was trying to find my lost keys.  He responded with "well, I have been without work for a year and a half and I don't look like I'm about to kill myself!"  And then it hit me... they are just keys.  Of course, they can be replaced, especially since they all belong to padlocks. 
I need to apply that same instant peace to today's situation.  It will all be remedied or forgiven (I hope).  The scenario is out of my hands and I will just have to release the knot and go on with life.

Psalm 34:19
19 A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalm 42:5-6
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and 6 my God.
Psalm 9:9
9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Week 4. We Pray for the Discovery Weekend
Day 6: October 22

Read: Jeremiah 32:38-40
"They will be my people, and I will be their God.  And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of their descendants.  And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them.  I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me."

Today we pray for:
A God inspired VISION for the future!