They also sent out a bogus e-mail stating I had been robbed in London at gunpoint and that I needed money.  “Oh crap, I don’t have time to handle this today”, I thought.  My girlfriend’s daughter was getting married that evening and time was more valuable to me today than rocky road ice cream from Baskin Robbins.  LOL!

How I would emotionally handle the hijacking of my computer was a choice for me. I could either get angry, or I could have faith and love the hijacker unconditionally.  I stopped, paused and prayed to God and asked Him to handle this situation for me.  God confirmed to me that He had my back and I stepped out on faith.

I decided at that moment to love the hijacker unconditionally on Saturday.  Sounds crazy, doesn’t it?  This decision set my train in motion for the day that ultimately brought me peace.

Since I was not home when the hijacking occurred, my daughter stayed on top of the situation from England until I could take over. Unconditional love shown to me.

My first call was to my computer genius, who happened to be out of town.  Lately, he’s been taking days to get back to me, but this day he called me back immediately and reassured me that he would take care of my problems for me.  This was the reassurance that I needed.  He was kind enough not to remind me that he had told me months ago to change my e-mail provider.  Unconditional love shown to me.

A friend sent me a text message telling me to sign up for identity theft.  Unconditional love shown to me.

Friends were calling to see if I need assistance.  Unconditional love shown to me.

A stranger called to see if the e-mail was legitimate and if he and his wife could help.  Unconditional love shown to me.

Folks were e-mailing me telling me that they could pull together money to help me.  Unconditional love shown to me.

I cancelled my debit cards before pulling cash out of the bank on Saturday.  Here I sat without cash or credit cards with and no gas in my car.  A friend called and I told them my situation.  They showed up on my doorstep an hour later with cash as a gift, not a loan.  Unconditional love shown to me.

There was such an outpouring of unconditional love for me yesterday and today that my breath was taken away.  Because I chose to love someone unconditionally who tried to hurt me, I got loved 1,000 fold!  That’s the principle of unconditional love.

Now why did I step out on faith?  Faith in God is all I have.  Those that know me understand that I am a D minus student when it comes to computers.

I’m even less equipped to manage the evilness of a computer hijacker in the physical realm, but in the spiritual realm, with faith, I am powerful.  Without faith, the person who hijacked my computer would remain in control.  With faith, I would take my power back.

In Mark 11:12 -25, Jesus was hungry and walked by a fig tree that wasn’t producing and cursed the tree to death.  Jesus went on with His business of clearing the temple.

When Jesus and the disciples walked by the fig tree later on, Peter remarked to Jesus that the tree was withered from the roots.  Jesus took this time to teach the disciples about faith.  When Jesus cursed the tree, He went on about His business having faith that the tree was going to die.

Like Jesus, I have faith that God has worked out this hijacking situation for me.   What I can’t see in the physical realm regarding my computer hijacking, I have faith that God has worked out in the spiritual realm.

Now how am I building my faith?  I’m entrenched in Psalms 112.  I’m focusing on God and His word.  I am establishing my trust in Him.  Just like I schedule business meetings, workshops, studio time and fun with my girlfriends, I also schedule time to be with God.

Cancellation of God’s time is not acceptable to me.  And when I spend time with God, He teaches me how to trust and become established in His word. God and His word are one in the same.

Now that I am becoming established in His word, I am not afraid of bad news and evil does not move me.  Being established in God’s word doesn’t mean that evil will not come or my faith will not be tested, because it will.  The more Word that I have in my spirit, the stronger I will grow.  Now, when the woes of life come knocking at my door, I’m not devastated because I have the Word in my spirit.

So, with that I’ll close with the thought that I used the computer hijacking situation to turn lemons into lemonade.  I am taking the time to clean-up my e-mail contacts, something that I have wanted to do for months.

I’m saying good-bye to e-mails from Loehman’s, Home Depot, Kohl’s, and the rest of the nonsense that floods my box.  Secondly, I am really learning to love unconditionally and when I do, multitudes of unconditional love come back to me.  Now that’s powerful and just what I need right now.

Finally, my faith in God is strengthening because I have the Word in my spirit!  God truly is awesome.  I believe that my problem with the computer hijacker is done.  With faith in God, I rest in peace and drink lemonade!

Joy,

KK