I want to share with you this lovely and touching story. Sometimes all we want are material things. Sometimes all we think is the value of the gift. Sometimes we are just disappointed when we don’t get what we want. True or not, this gives us lessons. Regrets come later when you could no longer undo the past.
This is from an anonymous author. Whoever you are, thank you so much for this nice read. It made me pause to reflect somehow.
A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her husband. For
many months she had admired a beautiful diamond ring in a showroom
and, knowing her husband could afford it, she told him that was all
she wanted.
As her birthday approached, she waited for signs that her husband had
purchased the diamond ring.
Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband called her into
his study. He told her how proud he was to have such a good wife, and
told her how much he loved her. He handed her a beautifully wrapped
gift box.
Curious, the wife opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound
Bible, with her name embossed in gold. Angrily, she raised her voice
to her husband and said, ‘With all your money, you give me a Bible?’
And she stormed out of the house, leaving her husband.
Many years passed and the lady became very successful in business. She
managed to acquire a more beautiful house and had a wonderful family.
But then. she realized her ex-husband must be very old, and thought
perhaps she should visit him. She had not seen him for many years.
Before she could make arrangements, she received a telegram telling
her that her ex-husband had passed away, and willed all of his
possessions to her. She needed to come back immediately and take care
of things.
When she arrived at her ex-husband’s house, sudden sadness and regret
filled her heart. She began to search through her ex-husband’s
important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as she had left it
years before.
With tears, she opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. Her
ex-husband had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, ‘And if you,
being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more shall your Heavenly Father, who is in heaven, give what is good
to those who ask Him?’
As she read those words, a tiny package dropped from the back of the
Bible. It had a diamond ring, with her name engraved on it — the same
diamond ring which she had seen at the showroom. On the tag was the
date of her birth, and the words, ‘LUV U ALWAYS’.
How many times do we miss God’s blessings, because they are not
packaged as we expected?
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.
IF YOUR GIFT IS NOT PACKAGED THE WAY YOU WANT IT,
IT’S BECAUSE IT IS BETTER PACKAGED THE WAY IT IS.
ALWAYS APPRECIATE LITTLE THINGS;
THEY USUALLY LEAD YOU TO BIGGER & BETTER THINGS.
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