Minor Crime

"Dad, do you know what happened at school this morning?"  My children asked me.

"I think so," I said.  "Mom texted me about it this morning."

"Someone broke into our school last night," Anna told me, breathlessly.  "They took two computers and the money that people pay for personal copies (but they left the pennies) and they took all of the special drinks we had there.  All of our Frappuccinos are gone!"

"School was delayed for two hours while the police came out to investigate!"  Vince added.

"I'm surprised that Bun Bun (the sixth grader's class rabbit), didn't stop the burglar," I said.  "She's not a very good "Watch Rabbit," is she?"

"Oh, Dad," Anna said.  "Bun Bun was away for Easter Break, otherwise I'm sure she would have guarded the school.  We never had a break in when she was actually there."

"The police said that they probably wouldn't catch the robbers," Elliot put in.  "I wish they'd call the Bobbsey Twins.  They would find the men who stole things for sure!"

"Oh, Elliot, the Bobbsey Twins wouldn't catch anyone," Anna said.  "Mandie is exactly the person to call for a situation like this.  She's so much better at catching criminals than the silly Bobbsey Twins!"

I had to smile.  The children's school was broken into last weekend and such things were taken as one would find at a small (not very wealthy) Mennonite School.  Elliot was probably right that the police would never find the culprit, but I don't know if Mandie (of such books as Mandie and the Silent Catacombs) or the Bobbsey Twins (of such books as The Bobbsey Twins and the Mystery at School) would really do a better job.

At the same time, while this crime was pretty minor to the law enforcement officials, it was pretty major to the people involved -- particularly my children.  When they wanted to consult with the detective heroes of their books, they were really saying that they wanted someone to come who would care about the case and actually solve it.

When you are dealing with a problem, you want someone to help you who cares as much about it as you do.

God has asked us to bring our worries and anxieties to Him.  He does this, not because He is some sort of divine therapist who wants us to get these things off our chest, but because He simply wants to know what we are struggling with and help us with those things.  Peter, in his first epistle, told the Christians to "cast all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you."

God hears our prayers and will help us in the midst of adversity.  He is more than enough for every situation, even for the "Baffling Break In at Bethel School.