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The Worth of a Dime…the Worth of a Soul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do we all have value? Any worth?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ever felt as if you had none? That you were worthless?<\/p>\n

“Sometimes,” answered the lady I counseled on a street corner one day, “I feel nothing else.”<\/p>\n

So this morning, I left the Hampton Inn<\/a> in Tampa and dropped the rental at the Tampa International Airport.<\/a><\/p>\n

I saw a dime on the terminal floor.\u00a0<\/a>At first, I stepped over it and walked on. Then, for no apparent reason, I just stopped, turned around, and walked back. I let go of my roller board travel bag, reached for my iPhone while dropping to my knees, and snapped a picture.<\/a>\u00a0I could feel the stares of the couple who walked by dragging their own oversized luggage. One of them turned around to see what I was doing. You can guess what he was thinking.<\/p>\n

As I reached for the dime…<\/span><\/h3>\n

I gathered it up, looked at it, stood and dropped it into my pants pocket.<\/p>\n

I asked, “Little fella’ ever been to Kentucky?”<\/p>\n

I know. A bit strange perhaps. But I’m this way, you know. Furthermore, I have been thinking all morning about all the dimes and nickels and worthless pennies who inhabit our world. I wondered as I walked toward the gate and looked into the faces of strangers all around me…I wondered just how many of them felt worthless, as if their life was just a freak accident and their contribution to this world not much more significant than a dime on the floor of an airport terminal.<\/p>\n

The world must be full of such people.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Or, maybe it’s because I’ve felt this way myself for much of my life.<\/p>\n

Then, all of a sudden, I remembered something else – which is why I’m so glad I learned the stories of Jesus long ago and committed many of them to memory – I remembered the parable Jesus told of the woman who dropped a penny on her hardwood floors. She grabbed the broom and spent the remainder of the morning sweeping the floors looking for it.<\/p>\n

Neurotic?<\/p>\n

You bet it is.<\/p>\n

Then, I thought about God and just how neurotic she is in her relentless search for you and me.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Even dimes matter in the Kingdom.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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