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After a morning session at vacation Bible school, my grandson, Macky, complained to a friend that there weren't enough red crayons to go around and he only got one cookie at snack time. "Well," said his friend, who remembered their offering, "it really wasn't too bad for a dime."https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2025/12/ogimage.png?resize=1200,6281200628