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35 Cents!
Submitted by: Believer
VirginiaI believe The Secret is an easy way to have faith in God.
I had just watched The Secret movie again after being introduced to it many years ago and decided to test it out. I’ve done this before and always received my unique requests, bright purple cars, a cardinal at my feet, ceramic piece and much more. I loved the oil lamp from the movie and thought about asking for that but thought it would be too easy to find one. So I decided to ask for 35 cents and something lime green at the same time. I like to make my requests unique so I know for certain it is not a coincidence.
We live near, and often go into, a big city on weekends to walk around and explore. I envisioned someone dropping change and when I picked it up to hand it to the person, they were wearing lime green. We walked around that day and it didn’t happen. We recently took all of our change to the bank so I didn’t have any in my purse or around the house. I forgot about my request and a few days later I was in my home sitting on the floor looking through a small chest for something. As I pulled an item out, something flew by my head and almost hit me. When I looked down to pick it up, it was a quarter and a dime. I was feeling that strange feeling and was almost happy that we don’t have anything lime green in our house, when I looked up about 45 degrees and my eyes immediately connected to a black and lime green umbrella that my husband had placed right next to the chest after it rained the day before! It gets much weirder.
A week later my husband and I were in the city again walking around and a man was asking for money in the street. He was smiling and pleasant and right as we made eye contact he said, can you give me anything, even 35 cents? My husband knew of my request and just looked at me in disbelief.
We didn’t have money the day we saw the man so a few weeks later we returned to take him some money. He was in the exact same place and was just quietly sitting on the sidewalk and looked sad. I wasn’t sure if I should give him the money because he wasn’t asking and I didn’t want to embarrass him. As I looked at his sad face, I decided to give it to him. I’ll never forget the feeling I experienced as I handed it to him and our eyes met. He said the most grateful sounding thank you and bless you that I have ever received! As we started to walk away my husband then said “look across the street”. There was a building with the numbers 1111 so enormous it was a bit surreal. They were so big and gold that we took pictures of it as those numbers have always been very special numbers to my husband and I.
We continued walking and less than a block away, we saw the exact oil lamp that I mentioned earlier in the story, in the window of a small flower shop. We went inside to ask if it was for sale because the store was full of flowers and plants, not gift items, and I thought it was a decoration. He gave us a very cheap price and it is now on my coffee table as a reminder of that day. I am thankful for The Secret because I think it really simplifies a method to experience the greatest faith in God and to be able to see the results in an easy way. Thank you!