To Experience Fraud

It never feels good when you are taken advantage of. Its embarrassing and hurtful. My husband and I just experienced fraud this past week. We lost a couple thousand dollars thinking that we were going to be getting a van. The blessings though that our Heavenly Father has given us during this hard trial are truly wonderful and we are so thankful for a loving Father in Heaven who does understand our situation and circumstances. BLESSINGS WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH: 1. WIC we got accepted and are now getting help with some basic groceries such as milk beans fresh veggies and fruits. This helps us tremendously when it comes to finances. 2. Cory passed his CLS Certification Test meaning that he will be gaining a $1.00 raise at work within a few weeks. That also helps with finances! 3. The money lost was a loan we received from my father, another blessing because he is very understanding of our situation and is willing to work with us with whatever we can afford when it comes to making payments so that he to may get his money back. 4. Another blessing.. the man who did fraud against us was trying to get another couple thousand from us but did not thankfully. 5. This is probably the biggest blessing of them all and for some it may be hard to understand but for the past 2 days I have felt inspired to share the Gospel with this man. So today I did just that! I shared mormon.org and lds.org with him. I told him we forgive him, and that he has been in our prayers that he may have a change of heart and come unto Christ. There is a scripture somewhere in the Book Of Mormon that talks about praying for your enemies and praying for those that do bad things to you. And I have been doing just that. I was in shock at first of course and angry. I grieved some too. But the thing that kept coming to my mind was that this is a good opportunity to share the gospel with someone. Bad things do happen to good people.. but honestly I am grateful that I have had this experience in my life. I have learned much from this and am thankful to my Father in Heaven who truly is mindful of me.