The English language is pretty mixed-up, you know! In the day, hack meant chop a tree or cough really bad. It also means an old, tired horse. But today it has a whole new meaning.
What does being 'hacked' mean? Actually the word means breaking into someone else's computer and becoming that person. I looked up "being hacked' on line, there are blogs and different sites that explain it. That doesn't help the feeling I have though, knowing that someone is pretending to be me. The term they use is 'cracking'; like getting into a safe I guess. Either way it's not very nice.
The problem is I have an old account that someone has 'assumed' and is using it to solicit emails and other information from some of my friends. It is a truly creepy feeling knowing my name is being used in this way. I've done everything I can think of at this point (with the help of many good suggestions from friends) other than deleting my profile and starting over.
I know a lot of people have more serious problems than this in regards to having your identity stolen. It has been reported in the news that many of these hacker/cracker types do this just to be malicious (out of a type of hatred). I ask the question, "Why?" What is the point?
Also, many of my friends and family are dealing with very serious life issues and my puny 'hacking' problem is very unimportant. My time can be better spent caring for them by praying, listening, and helping them.
In dealing with all of this and in other issues and problems that come up in life it is good to talk to people that can help us; but even better is to know that our Father in heaven sees ALL of our life's issues and problems as important. If He cares for a small bird He truly cares for our needs and difficulties.
Remember, He came here and knows what it's like! Really! He knows. The idea of Him being some type of god that left us here to fend for ourselves is ridiculous.
Think of it this way. If at any point in your life you had a father or father figure help you, discipline you, or 'be' in your life...that's what the heavenly Father is like...He is in our life if we know Him personally; just like a Dad. My Dad truly was in my life; just ask me sometime about how he was in my life! You would be surprised!!!
Leave it at this, for now! Regardless of our status on a social website, or how many emails we may get, or how many friends we have... all that really counts is what we do in REAL life. How do I handle the bumps, troubles, issues, hard things, and tragedies that may occur. I cannot handle any of that on my own and I don't have to. Neither do you.
We have a heavenly Father that will guide us, lead us, comfort us, and take care of us through all of the hard times. It won't be easy, but that is life on the world.
No matter our age, income bracket, or health God is there and knows.
This is from the Message (by Eugene Peterson).
"Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion. " Philippians 2:5-8
"Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion. " Philippians 2:5-8
