On one occasion Matthew Henry had his wallet stolen. He grieved, but he also knew that he ought to give thanks “in every thing.” In a meditation on the robbery and the robber he penned the following words in his diary;

“Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, because although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.”