DAD’S BLESSINGS
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 beautifully 🌱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. Angry, 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. And as he
did, 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 Spirit's blessings and answers to our prayers because they do not arrive exactly as we have expected?