“Welcome to McDonalds – may I take your order” thundered a voice over the intercom as I sat at the drive thru of our local fast food eatery. After providing what I thought was an articulate order, I found myself repeating it three times before myself and the drive thru attendant agreed on my order. She instructed me to pull forward to the first window, which should not be confused with the second window. The first window is where you pay and the second window is where you receive your food…so much for multi-tasking. Upon turning the corner, I found myself in a short line of cars where I finally was able to pay for my food before proceeding to the second window. I handed the nice, young high school kid my credit card which he quickly swiped and handed back to me; however, something happened in the exchange. When the card passed from his hand back to mine, it dropped to the ground. He mumbled an apology as I opened my door to retrieve the card from the ground. Much to surprise, my credit card had joined a whole pile of coins littering the ground outside the drive thru window. It seems as if the high school employee working the money window had slippery fingers and there were all kinds of coinage casualties that day. As I looked down at all of those coins scattered on the ground, I wondered why no one had taken the time to open their car door, reach down, and pick them up. My guess is that the penny, nickel, or dime did not seem worth that much.
Although most would be swift in picking up a dollar or five dollar bill, most would also be less likely to waste time picking up something they deemed as worthless. I’m pretty sure most of us are not in the position to judge who or what is valuable and who or what is not. I’m thankful God did not judge us by our value.
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
