The Son’s Lesson

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 blessings because they

are not packaged as we expected?

Finish Strong! (2Tim 4:7)

…Author Unknown