find a penny, pick it up...
The coolest thing happened to me last night...
well - you need a little bit of back story.
I always pick up pennies that I see. It makes me smile. I read somewhere, years ago about a little old man who would pick them up, whisper something and then smile and put it in his pocket. Someone asked him and he told them that engraved on the penny are the words "In God we trust" and so when he finds one, he takes it as a reminder to trust God and his will for us. He says a little prayer and puts it in his pocket.
That is basically what I do. It makes me happy - and I always pick them up - pray a little - look to heaven - and put it in my pocket.
anyway.
Last night as I was coming out of the grocery store... I was just exhausted. I worked all day and this is like the 6th double in a row I have worked....
I was walking to my car and noticed a man working on his car near mine. His hood was up, and the engine was running.
I saw a penny on the ground as I was walking between some other cars to get to mine, so I bent down to pick it up. I thought about not picking it up, because.. sheesh I was tired.. and didnt really feel like it. I smile now - when I just see one, so do I really need the one cent? nahh.. but I decided to pick it up anyway... - RIGHT then something flew out of that car engine and smashed into the window that was right behind me. If I hadnt bent down, I would have been impaled. I could have been killed. It was a screwdriver that was shot out of there by a belt in the engine somehow. It was the weirdest thing.
Yeah.
In God we Trust.
well - you need a little bit of back story.
I always pick up pennies that I see. It makes me smile. I read somewhere, years ago about a little old man who would pick them up, whisper something and then smile and put it in his pocket. Someone asked him and he told them that engraved on the penny are the words "In God we trust" and so when he finds one, he takes it as a reminder to trust God and his will for us. He says a little prayer and puts it in his pocket.
That is basically what I do. It makes me happy - and I always pick them up - pray a little - look to heaven - and put it in my pocket.
anyway.
Last night as I was coming out of the grocery store... I was just exhausted. I worked all day and this is like the 6th double in a row I have worked....
I was walking to my car and noticed a man working on his car near mine. His hood was up, and the engine was running.
I saw a penny on the ground as I was walking between some other cars to get to mine, so I bent down to pick it up. I thought about not picking it up, because.. sheesh I was tired.. and didnt really feel like it. I smile now - when I just see one, so do I really need the one cent? nahh.. but I decided to pick it up anyway... - RIGHT then something flew out of that car engine and smashed into the window that was right behind me. If I hadnt bent down, I would have been impaled. I could have been killed. It was a screwdriver that was shot out of there by a belt in the engine somehow. It was the weirdest thing.
Yeah.
In God we Trust.