Today summer Bible study started. We are doing a series by Priscilla Shirer. She’s a wonderful speaker on women’s faith and told a great story in today’s video that stuck with me all day, so it’s worth sharing with you.
Shirer told the story of her young son losing his first tooth. He waited weeks for the tooth to fall out and was super excited when it did. Shirer and her husband told the boy the story of the tooth fairy and he was even more excited and took hours to fall asleep. She said a 250 pound tooth fairy went to the boy’s room and replaced the tooth with a small present. The next morning their son came bounding into their bedroom holding out both fists shouting about his treats. He opened one hand and in it was a small package of gummy bears. He opened the second hand and in it was a five dollar bill. Shirer just have her husband a look – she was expecting a quarter. After her son went bounding down the hallway, her husband told her not to stress about the five dollars. He said, “You know all those five dollar bills he got for his birthday that we keep in the birthday drawer? I just went and took one of those and put it under his pillow.”
The boy was experiencing pure joy over something he’d had all along. All day long that image of a five dollar bill stuck in my head. It took all day for the message to sink in and for me to find the “five dollar bills” I have hidden around my life. It’s about time I took them out and started experiencing the pure joy they give.
And so, as another day goes by, “Is content with what she has” says Philippians 4:12, and….I have written.
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