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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months, he had admired a beautiful sport car in a dealer showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that is all he wanted. As Graduation Day approaches, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.
Finally, on the morning of his graduation, the father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, he told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious but somewhat disappionted, the young opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, 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 a wonderful family, but realized his father should be very old and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.
But before he could make arrangements he received a telegram telling him that his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home imediately 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 many 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 dealers name, the same dealer who had the sport car he had disired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.
Moral Lesson: How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not as packged as we expected?
A Prayer For You: May you not miss God's blessings for just because it is not wrapped and packed as you expect it IJN!
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months, he had admired a beautiful sport car in a dealer showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that is all he wanted. As Graduation Day approaches, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.
Finally, on the morning of his graduation, the father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, he told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
Curious but somewhat disappionted, the young opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angrily, 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 a wonderful family, but realized his father should be very old and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.
But before he could make arrangements he received a telegram telling him that his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home imediately 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 many 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 dealers name, the same dealer who had the sport car he had disired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.
Moral Lesson: How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not as packged as we expected?
A Prayer For You: May you not miss God's blessings for just because it is not wrapped and packed as you expect it IJN!
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