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Oct 16, 2014 Letters
Dear Editor,
Please permit me space in your daily to share a touching story which will remind us that not everything we desire may appear as we expect.
A friend sent me a short story and I felt compelled to share it. It says that a young man getting ready to graduate from college was for months admiring a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom. Knowing that 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; told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and how much he loved him.
The father 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 his name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” The son stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible behind.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family. His father was very old by then and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen his father since that graduation day, but before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to him.
The son needed to go home immediately and take care of things. When he arrived at his father’s house, sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important documents and saw the Bible, new, 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 the son 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 and on the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words…PAID IN FULL.
The question therefore is how many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? Many times the things that are for us are lost because we are quick to judge as a result of what we perceive.
Regular reader
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