1 More Day…to Trust

It was one of those days when I was struggling to believe God’s promises in my life.

I walked to the buses to do my principal duty and was visiting with a friend who suddenly grabbed my arm and asked, “Are you just going to walk past that?”  I stopped, look around, and asked, “Past what?”  He said, “That penny.  You can’t just walk right past it.”  I looked down and there it was: a beat up, tattered and worn penny.  I told him I was not picking that up:  “It isn’t mine.  What if someone comes back to get it?”  “It’s just a penny.  It’s not worth anything.” "It's dirty."  "Besides, you only pick up the pennies that are face up.  It's good luck."

My friend bent down, picked up the penny and put it in my hand.  He directed me to read the words on the penny.  “In God we trust.”  He looked me dead in the eyes and asked me, “Do you believe that? Do you trust God?”  I told him of course I do.  He then asked me a question which stung me to the core, “Then why aren’t you acting like it?”

We walked in silence.   

He was right.  The words on that penny were the words I so needed to inscribe on my heart.  I needed reminding to trust God. 

After the final bus rolled, my friend told me I should never pass up another penny because they are put in our paths to serve as reminders.  Reminders to trust God. 

Not one penny have I walked past since that day.  I have started a penny trust ;-).  Each penny is placed in a jar to remind me that God is faithful and can be trusted.

That was over a year ago.  I struggle with a decision, walk to my office and see a penny.  I am reminded to do the right thing and trust God to bring the results.  I am being attacked by the Enemy, go to the gym to work out and I see a penny; I hear David’s psalms reminding me that I can hide behind God’s shield. 

Penny after penny…reminder after reminder...Trust Me.   

I can trust God to be my Rock, my Redeemer, my Healer, my Forgiver, my Truth, my Shield, my Everything.  No matter how I feel, I can trust IN God!  And so can you!