To understand this post, you need to go to my friend Jim Hunter's blog and read It's a Vicious Cycle @ As Jim Sees It. I saw Jim this past Friday and we talked about the odd circumstances he tells about in the blog, people giving $100 dollars and then getting $100. I thought it was kinda funny, until this morning.
You see, I had a $100 bill from a recent wedding that I'd set aside as part of a Christmas gift I intend to send to a minister friend in Sierra Leone. Heading out yesterday to a big social event out of town, I realized I had less than $20 in my billfold, so I stuck in the hundred dollars in case of an emergency.
At the event I ran into a young mother who I knew had been going through some tight financial times. So I quietly took out the $100 as I talked with her, and put it in her hand as I told her it was just some extra money I'd come across. I felt she needed it then, so the Christmas gift could wait.
This morning right before the second service began, I was near the Narthex, talking with an usher. I felt a tap on my shoulder and there was a member wanting my attention. As I shook his hand, I felt him press some paper in my palm. He smiled and said, "Use this wherever you need it."
As he walked down the aisle, I looked in my hand and saw two folded fifty dollar bills. OK, what's going on here?
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Why don't you give it to me and see what happens next?
Maybe you have to have a big enough bill to make this work. I often find myself giving away $5 and rarely every find a fiver pressed into my hand.
And maybe it has to do with who you are sharing it with. I suppose my own kids doesn't count.
Joseph, I already know what would happen if I gave it to you. Ever seen the picture of Jesus laughing?
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