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 just 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 a 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 and
needed to come home immediately to take care of
things for him. 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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