Pennies

            It was stormy. It was cloudy. Rain and wind were all too obvious. Dangers were told. In the trouble and chaos we gathered. Amid a sea of people from various backgrounds we gathered. We gathered for safety, seeking protection from harm. In that brick building (with brick floors even) we gathered. Radios were going off, weather alerts were heard, and humanity was stirring. In that place, in the middle of a very real possibility of danger we met there. Leaving our wheeled homes and seeking refuge (well, most of us did).

            To the world around us most never knew, and we might have been little else than pennies to the outside world as hazardous weather moved into our area. We were protected and different people mingled with each other. Some would watch near the doors while listening to weather reports, others stayed as long as needed and shared their responses to it all usually. I couldn't tell you word for word what was felt there, I can only say this: it was wild and diverse. There in the crowds of people with rain gear, weather radios (and at times even animals) it is easy to look back on those times and wonder if we were little else than pennies on the ground of life; the ones most may pay little attention to, forget even, and often walk right by (especially in trailer parks like the ones we lived in).

           It is a great temptation to believe we were without hope, that we were not protected, even unimportant; us "pennies ". Yet, even with the frustration of having to go to a storm shelter in trouble, often feeling a modern day nomad, we were not alone. Trouble stirs us, brings out community (even in the worst of us), and it is here we see Jesus at work if we are willing to look and believe He is working for the greatest good; remembering "pennies" matter among all the "currency" of humanity.

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