“A Magic Dime”
Before we left on the adventure up the Dusty, Rocky Road. Granddaddy would always give every one of us a dime.
A “Magic Dime”, I call it a magic dime because when we got to the store it would buy pretty much whatever we wanted, always a box of Cracker Jacks, then maybe a Coke, or a bag of chips, and 5 or 10 pieces of penny candy. All that for his magic dime. Then we would go back to his house and enjoy what WE bought.
After every visit with them, as all 5 grand kids loaded up to come back home to Georgia, Granddaddy would give all of us another dime even my Mother and Dad got a dime. This dime wouldn’t buy in Georgia what the magic dime would buy in Alabama. Believe me when I tell you I tried. It just didn’t work the same here.
Off to the Big Apple Store we went, I gather up what I got with Granddaddy and I put my Coke, my Cracker Jacks, and my ten pieces of penny candy on the counter, the clerk rang up my stuff, and then said, “that will be thirty-five cents.” I set the dime down on the counter and reached for my things, except they were not mine, I hadn’t paid the full price yet, so I left with only the candy.
Years passed and as we matured, we found that the dime wouldn’t buy much unless we were with our Grandfather. You see, our Granddaddy had an open account at the store and whatever we purchased with our magic dimes was put on his account.
See the magic wasn’t in the dime but in the presence of the one that had control of the account. Granddaddy. Are you getting where I am going with this?
Life is the same way; we think that WE pay our way here and there, when the whole time its God that supplies our needs.
Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. NKJV
Luke 12:29 And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. NKJV
Malachi 3:10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it”. NKJV
It’s all poured out from heaven.
It all comes from the one that controls the account. GOD. When I went on my own and try to spend my dime all I got was face value for a dime. But when I go with the one that has control of the account. More than what it’s worth was poured out.
After all, where did we get the first dime to start with. IT’S ALL HIS.
Remember the lesson of the dime. Give generously to the ones you love as our Grandfather did for his grandchildren and as our Heavenly Father gave so much more to us. It is with this in mind that you support your ministries and remember who gave you “The Dime”, and who carried you on that dusty rocky road?
The picture in the chapter page is an actual dime that I received from my Granddaddy.
Someone once said that a nickel is bigger than a dime but remember that the dime has more value. For me especially if it is from Granddaddy.
So, what are you doing with your “Magic Dime” that God has entrusted you with?
