When something is stolen...

I didn't have anything stolen, but a lady I work with did. It was a nook or something that got stolen at her church. So upset she went on and on about how she wished she could go to church without all the sinners. I just inwardly shook my head. It was as if she didn't realize she is a sinner too!
But it got me thinking.
What does God have to say about when we have something stolen from us?
Several verses came to mind.

Matthew 5:38-41 "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."



Luke 6:27-31 "But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."

One thing we have to keep in mind, the ministry of Christ was built on love and giving. The disciples kept little to nothing for themselves, but left all to follow Jesus.

Second Corinthians talks about the people sharing what they have with one another that they all never lack. (See final text) It quotes Exodus 16:18 which talks about the manna from heaven, where every man gathered no more or less than he had need of. Something we don't see in our day in age in America; we gather what we have need of, plus anything else we can get our hands on. Things rule the lives of many people. This is not to be the way for God's people. We are to be focused on God and heaven, not on ourselves and earth.

I'm not saying, neither does the Word say, that you can't feel upset about it. You'll never find where the Bible tells you what you should feel, simply how you should act and react.

1 Thessalonians 5:18
"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."






2 Corinthians 8:8-16 "I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you."