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The
Gift 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 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 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. |
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