Today when I came back home from work my little neighbors were so excited to see me. They are three little black girls that really love me! They had just gotten off the bus, and I got to see them get off the bus as I was directly behind it. Well ... I pulled in to the parking spots near the mailboxes and talked with them for a bit. My youngest neighbor of the three was excited about seeing something in my car, and I thought that she was saying "gold." She wanted whatever she was telling me about, but I couldn't make out what she was describing. So, I opened up my car door to let her show me what she was seeing that I truly couldn't see.
It turns out that she saw a dollar under my seat. It was my lunch money for the week. I had stuck it under the seat. As small of a thing as that was, at the time I simply didn't want to give her a dollar. I thought the other kids would hear her and that I'd be giving out a bunch of money. That's pretty ridiculous and greedy of me ... yet, it is the truth. So, I drive my car over to park in front of my apartment, and my Papa thankfully convicted me of my greed and foolishness. I decided to get out of the car, go give them all hugs, thank my neighbors for finding my lunch money, and give them a dollar each.
I had such joy to go give them each one dollar realizing that this small amount of money was huge to them and even moreso was a powerful investment into the Kingdom of God. I was also reminded of how when I was a child that one buck was such an exhorbant amount of money and pleasing to me. I am thankful to have been reminded too that it is God who provides so much for me daily and that without Him I have nothing. And so, I just challenge all who read this to forget about themselves and go out to bless others in love with the things that the Lord has provided.
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