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The Best Gift Ever

Jul 6th 2008Blogging101 & Memetag & Thoughts

This is a part of a tag done in this blog. Click here to read.

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— The Best Gift Ever —
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 blessing because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Pass it on to others. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for…

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5 Responses to “The Best Gift Ever”

  1. teacherjulie.com » Love is the Greatest Gift of All on 06 Jul 2008 at 10:35 am 1

    […] Rachel: The lesson of the story in the tag which can be read here also talks about love not just by the father to his son but by our God the Father to us. We may not […]

  2. Meeya on 12 Jul 2008 at 12:15 am 2

    all those years and he never got to enjoy his car just because he couldn’t see past the preciousness of his dad’s gift. perhaps it was for the best, he didn’t deserve his dad’s best gift at that time.

  3. monaco on 13 Jul 2008 at 12:15 am 3

    Thanks for this, Julie. This one hit home when I needed it. I have read this before thru an email or another blog (I can’t recall) but its effect is indescribable.

  4. greenbucks on 16 Jul 2008 at 9:52 pm 4

    Maybe Meeya, maybe he didn’t deserve that gift at that time. For if he got the gift, maybe he wouldn’t have worked as hard if he became dependent on his father’s wealth.

  5. greenbucks on 16 Jul 2008 at 9:54 pm 5

    R, it is a wonderful story, yes. But on second thoughts, maybe it was also for the best that this happened for who knows, this person would probably not work as hard as he did if he became dependent on his father’s wealth. For me it was the best gift ever for he learned valuable lessons here.

    Thanks for the thoughts 🙂