All Things Crossed

By Karen ‘Girl’ Friday

“Keep your fingers crossed.” I looked at the text on my phone. Minutes before my friend sent a message asking me to pray…a request for the Lord to accomplish.

I quickly replied, “I am praying.” Now my friend suggested crossed fingers. A sign of good luck.

I have participated in this lucky ritual of hoping for a desired outcome. What power does crossing my middle finger over my pointer finger really bring? Or is it the pointer finger over the middle finger? I stopped typing to check…definitely for me, the middle over the pointer is much more comfortable and natural.

Is crossing our fingers a magical formula to change the progression of events? To cause something great to happen or stop something bad from taking place?

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