A year ago I posted a blog
titled “Pennies From Heaven” which recounted my experience with pennies while attending
a YMCA gym. Almost every week I typically would find loose pennies on the
floor or inside a locker. Every time I encounter a stray penny I picked it up
and dropped it into my gym bag. When I get enough loose coins spilling around
in the bag, I retrieve them and transfer them to my coin jar.
These days, lost pennies seemed to have been trivialized as
being almost worthless. I assume that is why there are so many loose pennies in
the gym locker room. It seem like people will not even stoop over to pick up a
penny they may have dropped. It’s simply a waste of time and energy.
In last year’s blog post, those two coins made me think about the
Scripture passage “Do not despise these small beginnings” from Zechariah 4:10. That
verse reminds us when life seems like small steps or meager beginnings, if the
Lord is in the effort and your work, He nevertheless rejoices even though we
may not see progress or the end result.
This past week I learned a lesson at the YMCA again about God’s
multiplication of blessings. As I got out of my car in the gym parking lot I looked
down and saw a shiny new quarter. Minutes later, when I opened my locker there
was another quarter! My first reaction was it pays to pick of pennies. Be
faithful with little things and the Lord rewards us with bigger things.
I thought of another song “Great Is His Faithfulness.”
Morning
by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed your hand has provided.
A quarter is not exactly a bonanza
of wealth, but it still felt assuring viewed through eyes of faith. Remember in
the view of God, nothing is trivial. Look for His hand at work within our lives
in the smallest of moments.Robert Parlante
February 2016
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