Hacked, Smacked, But Back on Track!

Recently my computer was hacked into! What a crazy day that unfolded after it happened. Apparently my hotmail account that I have had since I got married was compromised (along with 40,00 other people) and the person(s) got into my email, then into my facebook and began to impersonate me. They began asking for money, stating that we were mugged at knife point, Ellie was injured, etc. It was crazy. Even crazier is that I was sitting at the computer and watched it unfold and could do nothing about it. When I realized that in a matter of minutes I was locked out of my email and my facebook I felt like I had gotten smacked in the face! Shortly after it happened I got a barrage of phone calls making sure I was indeed OK and not in need of assistance. After reporting it, getting my computer cleaned out, and making a slew of phone calls, etc. life has begun to settle down. The most unfortunate aspect of it all is the information I lost in my email account. I had archived a lot of information, assignments,and I lost all of my contact information. It really has been quite a hassle and inconvenience in my life.
After getting over the frustration and shock of being a computerized victim, I have settled back into my routine. I have gotten my computer back and feel a little more connected. For once, I am truly glad I have no assets! I am sure that if they investigated stealing MY identity, they quickly changed their minds. But it did cause me to think. What if someone really could look into my identity....my true identity.... what would they find?
Would they be able to see my identity that I have in Christ or my preoccupation with myself?

Would they see that my time and energy is funneled into activities that honor Christ or honor my own desires?

Would there be enough evidence to show that I am 100% in love with the Lord or just when it is convenient and others are watching?

Would they be able to see my trust and faith in the Lord through all circumstances or just when it is easy to praise Him or I am at the end of my rope?

While I have been inconvenienced with my computer, it has caused me to think and pray for a life lived where others can see where my true identity lies. May this experience of being hacked and smacked...be just another way the Lord keeps me on track!

2 Corinthians 5

1 For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. 3 For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies.[a] 4 While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. 5 God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit.
6 So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. 7 For we live by believing and not by seeing. 8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him. 10 For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.