I'm scurrying through the Golden Arches driveup to get my manufactured manna for breakfast.
The lady at Window #1 handed me my change - which I threw into the console.
The lady at Window #2 handed me a bag - which I threw into the console.
I pulled over to a parking spot and prepped my McMuffin with a squirty little packet of strawberry jelly.
The McMuffin was sitting on my change which was lying in the console.
I did a pretty good job baptizing the McMuffin.
My Baptist friends are proud.
Somehow I drop a glob on a dollar bill - right-smack-dab on the top of George's head.
Yep, my Lutheran friends are smilin', too.
That night I grabbed the money out of the console, folded all the bills together, and stuck it all into my pocket.
The next morning was much more relaxed, allowing me the luxury of a really good cup of coffee at the Coffee Shop drive-thru.
I pulled out my bill clip.
The jellied single was firmly stuck to the five.
Bummer.
I paid with a handfull of coins.
At work I finally got the two bills apart.
I tried folding them another way and put them back in the clip.
It didn't help.
I can't use that dollar bill because not only is it sticky, it has accumulated enough fuzzy lint and debris to qualify as a chia pet.
A contaminant, a sticky, fuzzy mess, has infected my pocket.
Bills. Coins. Even my pocket knife.
I won't give this gross buck to someone.
I can't let folks know that I actually have this disgusting, sticky thing.
So I kept it in my pocket.
Hidden.
Early this morning, I'm moving things from old pants to new pants.
And there's the money clip.
And the Jelly Bill.
Suddenly it hits me.
We all have a Jelly Bill.
That one thing we hide from people.
Or try to hide from people.
And from Him.
It affects everything in our pocket.
In our lives.
Making things yucky.
Then He smiles.
"Gimme it. You don't need to hold on to it any longer."
And He exchanges our Jelly Bills for brand-new, crisp, clean ones.
He smiles again.
"Gimme all your bills. I know what I have in store for you but you don't have enough to make it happen."
He holds out His hand.
"We'll put yours with Mine.
Wait'll you see what I can do with it."
Huh.
A great way to get rid of a Jelly Bill, eh?
And the return on investment?
Oh baby.