We just got back from a month in Mexico and were hit with a familiar, frustrating reality—someone keyed our Ford Explorer while we were out grabbing a burger at In-N-Out.

Sadly, this wasn’t the first time.

Five years ago, my BMW i8 was vandalized overnight while parked in the town square. A drunk guy I didn’t even know kicked in the door, smashed the windshield, tore off the mirror and wipers—the whole deal. He went to jail, but let me tell you: there’s no justice for the victim.

Insurance technically covered the damage. But here’s what they don’t tell you:

• I paid a $1,000 deductible out-of-pocket.
• The car sat in a shop for three months waiting on parts.
• I still made monthly payments on a car I couldn’t drive.
• Insurance covered only two weeks of a rental—leaving me to figure out the rest.
• When I went to trade it in, the Carfax incident report dropped its value by $13,000.

All because someone felt entitled to destroy something that didn’t belong to them.

Now, we’re seeing Tesla owners go through the same thing—targeted by people who think keying a car is a valid form of protest. Let me be clear: this is not protest. This is vandalism.

And no, insurance doesn’t make people “whole” again. Most people don’t have an extra car, or $1,000 lying around, or time to take off work to deal with repairs. For many, this kind of incident is financially crippling.

So if you think you’re “sticking it to the man” by destroying someone else’s car—think again. You’re hurting real people, not corporations. This world doesn’t need more destruction. It needs more compassion, more accountability, and more truth.

We are all suffering the same fate called the human condition and no one is going to get out alive. You do have a choice whether you are going to be a giver or a taker and I choose to be a GIVER.

My Personal Notes:

It is hard to not lose faith in humanity at times. So while things like this are still a little surprising, they’re sadly just par for the course now.

But what I haven’t lost faith in is the truth that my life is fully submitted to Jesus Christ. And what breaks my heart the most isn’t the vandalism or the injustice—it’s that so many people are living in despair, completely disconnected from the One who gives life. They’re lost.

My prayer echoes the heart of 2 Peter 3:9: “The Lord isn’t really being slow about His promise, as some people think. No, He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.”

And I have to remind myself often what Matthew 6:19 says: “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.”

Because even when things on this earth are taken, damaged, or destroyed—they were never meant to last.

My hope isn’t in this world, or in people doing the right thing. My hope is in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, who gave me new life through His sacrifice.

Galatians 2:20 says: “My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

So dear friends, if you’re still reading this, I pray that your heart would soften to the Lord Jesus—who loves you more than you know. And I also pray that we would learn to extend grace to those who have stolen from us, vandalized what we care about, or spoken against us.

Because the truth is this: they have no power to take the only thing that truly matters—the only thing that is eternal—and that is your relationship with Jesus.

Be at peace.