Maybe I should start out saying that this post is not free....It cost you a penny. OK so it cost you a click, that's about all it will be worth anyway. :)
I have always bent over to pick up a penny or any coin I see on the ground. But since I read the poem Pennies From Heaven I look at that simple process different. (If you are not familiar with the poem click here.)
One day, last year, a student came in from recess with a penny they had found on the playground. I started telling them the story and then looked it up on line. There I found the website I shared above and along with it came the short story that inspired the poem.
Since researching this story further I have really taken note of the pennies I have found. One that particularly stands out is on I found in my van when I opened one of the sliding back doors to let my daughter out after a really bad day in church and there was one in the middle of the door. Before this I was standing outside church with her, both of us in tears, and me crying out (silently) that God would send some strength and help. I have lost so many really close, loving people in my life that I know I have many Saints watching over me. (I will explain why I call them Saints another time.) That penny, to me, was an answer to my prayer. I just needed that small reminder that I NEVER am alone.
I have also noticed even more of a drive to walk away from some of the pennies I find on the ground. It's as if someone is telling me, "That is not meant for you." I know I'm strange that way, but that is how I feel sometimes.
Sometimes I even leave it lay hoping that it will help make someone else's day.
Most importantly, anytime I find one I make sure to say a quick thank you to who ever may have sent me that penny. But most importantly it always, always puts a smile on my face.
Now do I feel that this is strange, yeah sometimes. But I think we all need to believe in something, even if it is a bit strange. Football players and even whole teams have things they do because it helps them get through the game. I say if what helps you get through doesn't get in the way of living life, go for it. Let's face it picking up pennies doesn't inter fer with anything, unless you are power walking then it better be a dime so you can turn on it. :) But all kidding aside, I don't just look for the physical pennies to help me get through trying times, there are other pennies that appear as well. I know as long as I believe and look with the eyes of faith the pennies will fall where and how they will. It is my job to watch for them and not just step over them. After all the saying is "God will provide" and boy does He!!
