The peaceful Friday night in Advent, as I was blogging about peaceful preparation for the week ahead, fear creeped in. A phone call shattered the peaceful evening with news from my daughter that she was robbed at gunpoint at work. While she is o.k., the ordeal she had to go through was devastating. It's one of those things you wish you could have stood in her place and protected her from having to endure.
The good news also is the police told her she did everything right. And she helped to keep some young teenage customers calm. This ordeal resulted in having to replace things like credit cards, car keys, cell phones and the like. All things that can easily be replaced.
My reflection on this is simply that none of us are immune from bad news; from those life changing events that rock your world. In God's divine plan, evil is allowed to exist. Why people we know and love collide head on with evil I'm not smart enough to explain. How do we handle it? Do we see God's hand in all things; good and bad? How do we rebound?
The days ahead will determine how my daughter responds to this violent episode in her life. My best hunch is she will do just fine. And as in all things, God will provide.
For now, our family focus will be on supporting her, these beautiful last days of Advent and the Christmas holy day that is now just a few short days away.
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