March 7, 2010

Morning service

"The Long Way Home"
Hosea 14:1-9

Introduction: Sometime ago I read an interesting commentary by Ted Gup of the Washington Post. The article was titled: “Average household in United State is holding 2000 pennies hostage.” The commentary was of special interest to me because of the practice of saving pennies is widespread throughout my family. I could really identify with these observations about penny hoarding - “Pennies begin in the pocket. By evening, they rise above the dresser in copper ziggurats (actually aside from the copper coating, pennies are 98% zinc), spilling across unpaid and unpayable bills. From there, pennies graduate to glass jars, and finally to a coffee can, where they breed in the dark of a drawer. I will never get them to the bank. I know that now.”

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