Medal Fish Sign

June 3

For my birthday Joy gives me, among other things, a key chain with a medal fish sign, the symbol adopted by the early followers of Jesus. A few days later I notice the fish sign is missing from the key chain. I take this as a bad omen.

Our car is showing its age 11 years and 175,000 miles. We drive some 3,500 miles that summer on faith and prayers. The engine is noisy and it is leaking oil. When we finally arrive homeI take it to a repair shop. The mechanic come to me in the waiting room and holds out his hand. “I found this on top of the block.” It is the fish sign.
"And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:20)