Touching life story.....
A young man was getting ready to graduate 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 beautiful wrapped gift
box.
Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man
opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible. Angrily,
he raised
his voice at his father and said, "With all your money you
give me a
Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy
book.
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 things.
When he arrived at his father's house,
sudden sadness and
regret filled his heart.
He began to search
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. As he
read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope
taped behind 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?
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