Got a Penny, give a Penny

I have changed the background for the remainder of this week as Krystal Adventure goes into mourning for the loss of my dear friend, Penny. Penny's funeral is tomorrow and as much as I would like to be there, it is abundantly clear that will be impossible. There simply isn't enough time. BUt when you think about it, there never really is enough time. I am so very grateful that I did get to see Penny last Friday even if only for 30 minutes. I do need to thank Courtney for helping me to see how important that part of my trip would be. My freshman year of college, I missed seeing my grandfather before he died by only a couple of hours. I swore I would never let something like that happen to me again. Penny's funeral is tomorrow around 3pm. If you think about it tomorrow around that time, I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to pray for Penny and her family. I am lucky that the semester officially ended for me today, as normally at 3pm on a Wednesday, I am starting my third class of the day. Though I will not physically be in Macon tomorrow, I will most certainly be there in my heart. I think this may be the first time since I moved to Wilmington that I actually regret not living in Macon. I do know that Penny was sad when I left Mercer, but was very happy and exciting when I finally escaped Warner Robins. On my last trip down and back to GA I stopped to fill up my truck and buy a cold drink. My change wound up being 29¢. I told the girl "just drop all the pennies in the dish." The dish was of course, the well known "Got a penny, give a penny. Need a penny take a penny" dish. Looking back on it, it is now very easy to see. For the longest time, we've all been in need of a Penny, and we got to borrow one. But now, God needs a Penny, so it's time for us to give one back. We should just consider ourselves very very lucky for being allowed to borrow her as long as we have.