How Pennyman Got His Name
Several years ago, I was taking people to and from the airport in West Palm Beach (which is about 75 miles south of here). When I would pull into the parking area, I would say a little prayer, "Lord you know that I don't know the people I'm supposed to pick up. But, You do. I also don't know how much luggage they would have. Will You supply me with a luggage cart?"
Pulling into a place to park, I looked for a cart while I was parking. When I opened the door of the auto, there would be a penny laying on the ground. I would smile, pick it up, and say, "Thank You, Lord."
Then seeing a cart, I knew that God had answered my prayer. There were times when I would pick up the penny, but no cart would be there. I would get on the elevator and ride down; and there would be a cart as the doors opened at the bottom of the run. God supplied me a cart every time!
Having told this at church, they started calling me 'Pennyman'.
This is my poem about 'Pennyman'.
I am only a penny and my value is very small. I am found in many people; some short, some fat, some thin, some tall.
I am kept in many places; in pockets, in purses and sometimes on the ground.
When I'm on the ground, I turn black and green from the rain
and have no value at all. But Wait ...Wait Someone is picking me up and wiping me off.
God is returning me to His service. If pennies could talk, I'd say, "Thank You Lord."
But I am ony a penny and my value is very small. Yet, God uses me in His Service for the benefit of all.
Ralph F. Kirst
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