Pennies from Heaven

I know that a lot of people believe in pennies from Heaven. God talks to me with pennies. If you don't know what I'm talking about, pull a penny out of your wallet and look at it. It says "In God We Trust." I have gotten pennies my entire life. I didn't really notice them for the longest time or realize the signficance. They would just show up in the oddest places and I'd just kind of say "Huh. Weird." But a few years ago I started seeing the pattern and finally had an "aha" moment and realized God was talking to me in pennies. It's God's way of telling me "Hey - I got this. Trust in ME!!"

I am telling you that every time I start to kevetch about something, a penny shows up in the oddest place. I will be worrying about something while I'm in my bedroom. I'll walk out, come back in and there will be a penny on the floor or on the bed. It wasn't there before. Somehow it just appeared.

When my dad died in December, 2007, I felt a range of emotions obviously. One thing that continuously bothered me and was on my mind was whether or not Dad was happy and if he'd made it to Heaven. The logical side of me knew that he was happier than he'd ever been in the presence of the "Son". But my not very logical side couldn't quite grasp that. I've always been one that needed proof that something had happened (probably why God started dropping pennies!). Anyway, we went back to the funeral home for the 2nd time. As I stepped out of the car, there was that dang penny on the ground at my feet. So I let go of the worry.

A week or so ago, I got a call from someone I worked with telling me they had just had a very unpleasant conversation with one of our tenants. He told me the doctor was furious and called him every colorful name in the book. He said he'd never been talked to like that before. Then he said that we all needed to meet with this yahoo. So the day of the meeting we decided to go up and take a look at the space in question. As we entered the elevator to come back downstairs to our office, I noticed on the wall in the frame that held the elevator permit, there was a penny. I looked at Matt and Patrick and said "The meeting will be fine." I proceeded to tell them why and they just kind of went "Yeah - whatever." Well, the meeting went fine. No tension. No screaming. We just walked through the steps of getting the space finished, agreed on some deadlines, and said goodbye. It was that simple.......THE POWER OF THE PENNY!!

Yesterday I was kevetching about something else at my office. I looked down on the floor and there was that penny. So I'm not going to worry Lord!!

THE POWER OF THE PENNY!!

So start looking around for your pennies from Heaven. God will send them!

Until later....