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 beautiful 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.
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 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?
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