An Inspirational Story
(Ms Ritu Sinha)
(Ms Ritu Sinha)
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 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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