The Gift
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many
months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s
showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him
that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young
man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally,
on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his
private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such
a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son
a beautifully wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed,
the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible,
with the young man’s name embossed in gold. Angry, he raised
his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you
give me a Bible? “ and stormed out of the house, leaving the
Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business.
He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father
was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not
seen him since that graduation day.
Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling
him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions
to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of
things. When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness
and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s
important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left
it years ago.
With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His
father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt. 7:11, “And
if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give
to those who ask Him? “ As he read those words, a car key
dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s
name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On
the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are
not packaged as we expected? Walk in Peace, look for the blessings
in all.
Anonymous
[Quran 14:34] And He gives you all kinds of things
that you implore Him for. If you count GOD's blessings, you can
never encompass them. Indeed, the human being is transgressing,
unappreciative.
Psalms 1
1 Happy is the man who has not followed the counsel of the wicked,
or taken the path of sinners, or joined the company of the insolent;
2 rather, the teaching of the Lord is his delight, and he studies
that teaching day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted beside streams of water, which yields
its fruit in season, whose foliage never fades, and whatever it
produces thrives,
4 Not so the wicked; rather, they are like chaff that wind blows
away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not survive judgment, nor will sinners,
in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord cherishes the way of the righteous, but the way
of the wicked is doomed.
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