Today's Life Lessons
llerah
Several
years ago, a friend of mine and her
husband were invited to go to dinner
with her husband's employer. My friend
was nervous about this since the boss
was very wealthy, with a fine home on
the waterway, and cars costing more
than her house.
Her husband's employer took them to the finest restaurant in town. She knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely. As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of her husband. He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.
There was nothing on the ground except a single penny that someone had dropped.
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 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 "In God we Trust?"
Her husband's employer took them to the finest restaurant in town. She knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely. As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of her husband. He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.
There was nothing on the ground except a single penny that someone had dropped.
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 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 "In God we Trust?"
"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. 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.
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