Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure
enough, her grandma gave her a brand new dollar bill for
her birthday. Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls. How
Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere,
to kindergarten, bed and when she went out with her
mother to run errands. The only time she didn't wear them
was in the shower, her mother had told her that they would
turn her neck green!
Now Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed,
he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read
Jenny her favorite story. One night when he finished the story,
he said, "Jenny, do you love me?" "Oh yes,Daddy, you know
I love you," the little girl said. "Well, then, give me your pearls."
"Oh! Daddy, not my pearls!" Jenny said. "But you can have
Rosie, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to
me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party
outfit, too. Okay?" "Oh no, darling, that's okay." Her father
brushed her cheek with a kiss."Good night, little one." A week
later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story,
"Do you love me?" "Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you."
"Well, then, give me your pearls." "Oh, Daddy, not my pearls!
But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her?
She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can play with it
and braid it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you want
her, Daddy," the little girl said to her father. "No, that's okay,"
her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss.
"God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams."
Several days later, when Jenny's father came in to read her a story,
Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. "Here,
Daddy," she said, and held out her little hand. She opened it and
her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her
father's hand. With one hand her father held the plastic pearls
and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet box.
Inside of the box were real, genuine,beautiful pearls. He had
them all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the
cheap stuff so he could give her the real thing.
So it is also with Our Heavenly Father.
He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives so he
can give us beautiful treasures we deserve.....Isn't God good? .....
God bless us all...
This made me think about the things I hold on to and wonder
what God would have me give up. I think I know
what these things are for me . But....This is
surely something for all us to think about.
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