Thieves

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and

where thieves break in and steal..."

 Matthew 6:19

This is what my dad came home to yesterday after work.

Thankfully, my parents were not home when the thieves broke in.  And thankfully they didn't do much damage.

Apparently, they opened a few drawers in other rooms on their way to the master bedroom but didn't take anything out of them.  In the master they put the 4 night stand drawers on the bed and then dumped my mom's jewelry drawer on top.  They wrapped the comforter around it all (including the stuffed animals from the grandkids that were there for decoration) and headed out of the house.  They also took the laptop.

You can see the comforter missing, the night without drawers, and the jewelry drawer discarded.

The nightstand drawers had memorabilia: notes and piddly things the kids had given them but that were sentimental and invaluable to my parents.

In Mom's jewelry drawer were mostly pieces of costume jewelry but also her original wedding ring set from 48 years ago and her current diamond ring which she had taken off to help Dad do some outside work. 

 

Also, her dad's watch and her mom's watch and other jewelry were in that drawer.  They are both deceased. 

What they stole was hardly worth the effort to them.  But to us, those things are priceless and irreplaceable.  I feel sick over it. 

They have lived in this house for 35 years.  They are not materialistic just sentimental.  I'm praying desperately that we at least find the important jewelry at a pawn shop somewhere.