It is long, but really neat!
As the three of them were about to enter an
exclusive restaurant that
evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead
of Ann and her husband. He
stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement
for a long,silent moment.
Ann wondered if she was supposed to pass him.
There was nothing on the
ground except a single darkened penny that
someone had dropped, and a few
cigarette butts.
Still silent, the man reached down and picked
up the penny He held it up
And smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he
had found a great treasure!
How absurd! What need did this man have for a
single penny? Why would he
even take the time to stop and pick it up?
Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at
her.
Finally, she could stand it no longer!
She causally mentioned that her daughter once
had a coin collection, and
Asked if the penny he had found had been of
some value.
A smile crept across the man's face as he
reached into his pocket for the
Penny and held it out for her to see. She had
seen many pennies before! What
was the point of this?
"Look at it." He said.
"Read what it says."
She read the words "United States of America."
"No, not that; read further."
"One cent?"
"No, keep reading."
"In God we Trust?"
"Yes!"
"And?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is
holy, even on a coin. Whenever I
find a coin I see that inscription. It is
written on every single United
States coin, but we never seem to notice it!
God drops a message right in front of me
telling me to trust Him? Who am I
to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I
stop to see if my trust IS still
in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a
response to God; that I do
trust in Him.
For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if
it were gold. I think it
is God's way of starting a conversation with
me.
Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are
plentiful!
When I was out shopping today, I found a penny
on the sidewalk. I stopped
and picked it up, and realized that I had been
worrying and fretting in my
mind about things I cannot change.
I read the words, "In God We Trust," and had
to laugh.Yes, God, I get the
message.
It seems that I have been finding an
inordinate number of pennies in the
Last few months, but then, pennies are
plentiful!
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