Ransacked at Random, Maybe? 🤔🤷🏽‍♀️

Have you ever heard the saying, “if you want to make God laugh then tell Him your plans”? Well I most certainly have and I definitely have had my fair share of plans laughed at and interrupted. 

This past Sunday (3/8/2020) I planned to go to church, help to collect payments and count the money for our women’s retreat, go to a meeting, head home to change my clothes (all by 3:30 pm), and then go over to my cousin’s house. Like I said, that was my plan. However, God had a different plan for me. 

My plan started out going right. I left my house at 9:30 for church. Church went on, we collected payments, and then here comes the monkey wrench, I think. So it’s time to close out and there were four of us. I was working at the t-shirt collection table and we closed out that money and turned it in. So I went to the retreat payment table to assist there. For some reason, we couldn’t get our count right. I mean we sat there for HOURS, tryna get it right. So by the time we finally got it correct and I was heading out of the door, it was about 4pm! Of course, there was no meeting happening for me and I decided not to go home to change my clothes but to just head straight over to my cousin’s house in order to redeem some of the time. 

I arrived at my cousin’s house to spend time with my family. Her mother, my older cousin passed away this Saturday, and you know, well families gather during the time of bereavement. So a bunch of us were over there eating, laughing, and just enjoying one another’s company. As it grew later I realized that I hadn’t prepared any food for the week yet. So around 8pm, I said my goodbyes and headed home. 

😳 I pulled up to my house and my front door is wide open. Wayment, I know I shut my door this morning. Ok wait, maybe I only locked it and didn’t close it all of the way and the wind blew it open? 🤔🤔🤔 Wait, it wasn’t that windy and I know closed it. Alright, now since I’m a responsible adult and all, I did what any responsible adult would do, I CALLED MY MOTHER! 😅🤦🏽‍♀️😂 I let her know what I saw when I got home and she said, “you need to call the police!”, so I did. They came within a few minutes. I explained to the officer that I had been gone since 9:30 and that the door shouldn’t be open so I’m not sure what happened. He said ok no problem, I’m just waiting for back up and then I’ll check it out with him. Up until that time, I was pretty cool. But when he said that, I felt a little uneasy. At that time, we were at the bottom of my steps. So I asked him if we could go up on the porch just so I can peak and see if anything is missing. He agreed. We went up the stairs to my porch and I looked into the screen door.  The first thing I noticed was that my Louis Vuitton purse that I had downstairs was missing. It was then that I realized, someone had indeed broken into my house. The tears immediately began to flow down my face, not because of the purse, well maybe a little because I like it lol, but seriously, I realized I had been violated in a major way. I called my mom and she said that she was on her way. 

The other cop showed up. They searched my house. The perpetrator or maybe perpetrators were gone. The house was “clear”, but it was anything but clear. I go upstairs with one of them. I’m SHOCKED. Like totally and utterly, SHOCKED! Upstairs had been completely ransacked. Each room except for the bathroom, had been invaded by total strangers. Criminals were REALLY in my home. Stuff was everywhere. They had tossed my mattress. My PANTIES were everywhere. My closet was still perfectly neat. The purse that was downstairs was now on my bed. Peculiar to say the least. That really freaked me out. But wait, since you were all in my panties, what would you have done to me if I were home? Would you have beat me up? Raped me? Kidnapped me? What? 

So many thoughts began swarming through my head. I felt like I was having an out of body experience. Like yes I was there, but I wasn’t. I was trying to wrap my mind around what was going on. I was angry. I was afraid. I was confused. I was stressed. I was irritated. I was violated. I was feeling so many things that I couldn’t tell you what I was at the moment. I wanted to explode. By this time, my phone was blowing up and everyone that I had called to come over had arrived. I surely do appreciate them for showing up during my time of need. ❤️ The crime lab was there dusting for finger prints and my dad and aunt were changing my locks. Everyone else was there for moral support. As much as I appreciated everything that was happening, to assure that I was safe moving forward, it wasn’t enough. Like someone really came in and disrupted my place of peace, where I lay my head at night. I don’t bother anybody, I don’t have any problems with anyone, I stay out the mix, I work hard, and try to do what’s right, so why me? WHO DID IT?! WHY DID YOU DO IT?! I literally help people for a living so who would want to bring harm my way? Why yo, just why?!

I didn’t and still don’t feel safe in my home alone, yet. I’m still nervous and jumpy. My anxiety is through the roof right about now. But I know it’s only a matter of time before God restores my peace and comfort. I surely am looking forward to that day because anyone who knows me, knows I LOVE BEING AT HOME AND JUST CHILLING! But you know what, I’m so grateful that my plans were disrupted because God only knows who or what I would have walked into had I come home earlier to change my clothes. God forbid, but whoever it was, may have had another plan for me. So I thank God that I was completely unharmed, physically, from this! I’m definitely shaken up and  have lots of anxiety from this traumatic event, but I’m confident that I will recover. I know that it could have been another way, so I’m just thankful for His protection, and His grace and mercy!

So try to let this terrible thing that I experienced be a lesson for you. The next time you find yourself in a situation that seems to be a bit or even majorly inconvenient to your plans, be grateful for it. Usually that’s happening when God is protecting you from something. For those of you who may be reading this who are the perpetrators of crimes, think of how you would feel if it happened to you or someone close to you or even how you felt when it happened to you. LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE! KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF! If you see someone working hard for something, don’t go and take from them. Be vigilant. Be wise. Be careful. As unfortunate as it is, some people have no intention on doing what’s right, and you can easily become a victim of whatever foolishness they’re doing. Like always, love on your loved ones. Stay safe out here y’all. I love y’all!

❤️MrR❤️

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