TOHMNOT (This One Has My Name On It): the coin that saved christmas

Welcome to part two of TOHMNOT. I wasn't intending to do a post-Christmas episode, but a gift I received proved pretty darn relevant to the topic at hand.

This Christmas, I received a gift from my sister's boyfriend's parents. The Grave family over the past year have become a real part of my family in many ways.

They wanted to contribute to my mission, and the succeeded in a very poetic way. What you see to the left is a Roman coin, struck in the first century, with Caesar's face clearly visible. He said it was to remind me of Luke 20, where Jesus is asked about paying taxes. While it's technically not a denarius, I was almost brought to tears by the gesture. This coin holds a lot of meaning for me now. They are the handle-bars I've been praying for.
Not to mention a sweet visual aid!

This is it for this installment of TOHMNOT.

[19] The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. [20] So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. [21] So they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality,[f1] but truly teach the way of God. [22] Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” [23] But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, [24] “Show me a denarius.[f2] Whose likeness and inscription does it have?” They said, “Caesar's.” [25] He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” [26] And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

(Luke 20:19-26 ESV)

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[1] 20:21 Greek and do not receive a face
[2] 20:24 A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer