A young man was getting ready to graduate
from college. For many
months he had admired a beautiful sports car
in a dealers 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 hisfather 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 embossedin 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.
But 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
dealers 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?