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A few months ago, my husband and I were invited to spend the weekend at his employer's home. I was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than our house. The first day and evening went well, and I was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live.

My husband's employer was quite generous as a host and took us to the finest restaurants. I knew I would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so I was enjoying myself. As the three of us were about to enter an exclusive restaurant one evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of us. He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment. I wondered if I 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 me. Finally, I could stand it no longer. I causally mentioned that my 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 us to see. I had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?

"Look at it." he said. "Read what it says."

I 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 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 can not 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! And God is patient.



10 Guidelines 50 Words 57 Cents
Apples Baby's Hug Better
Bird Birdcage Call From God
Calling God Chalk Checking In
The Cornfield Cracked Pot Cross
Discontent but Content Donut Parable Faith and Action
Fence Man God's Boxes God's Cake
God's Email God's Letter to You God Says
God's Smell God's Song God's Wings
God With Us Hate Anyone? Heaven
Highway 109 Highway Angel iCarly
Ice Cream In God We Trust Iron Cross
Jesus Really Loves You Jimmy's Letter The Least of These
Leaving 99 The Lord's Home Run The Lord's Prayer
Lost Loved Ones McDonald's Breakfast Memo from God
Meeting God Modern School Prayer My Attorney
No Time Nutshell Only Son
Pancakes Penalty Pets and the Bible
Prayer Prayer Chair Proof
Public Prayer Pumpkin Push
The Scorpion Sin Avoidance Smile
Struggle of the Butterfly Take the Son Tall Prayer Answers
Taste of the Apple Teach the Children Terrorists in Churches
The Room The Visit They Know Not
Things God Won't Ask Things Not as They Seem Trouble Tree
Twelve Days of Christmas The U in Jesus Who God Used

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