My Last Dollar
Illustration
by Vance Elzinga

One evening at a prayer meeting the preacher invited people to give testimony to their faith. A man in the front row stood up and told this story. "Many years ago I fell on very hard times. I lost my job. My wife divorced me. I was out on the street with nowhere to live. Desperate, I walked into a church and sat down and prayed. Then I took the very last dollar I had and put it in the offering. Penniless, I walked outside, only to run into an old friend of mine, who took pity on me and offered me a job with his company. I accepted it, became successful, and now I am a millionaire. All of this because of that night long ago when I put all the money I had in the offering at church."

The congregation was deeply moved and sat in silence for a minute. Then a little old lady stood up and said, "I dare you to do it again right now."
ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., ChristianGlobe Illustrations, by Vance Elzinga