Thank you so much for this story. It makes me to think about how many things God has given to me and I haven't cherish them enough. One of them it's me.
regards, Cristina On 9/22/08, Soniya111 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Touching life story..... > > A young man was getting ready to graduate 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. Angrily, he raised his voice at > his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and > stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book. > > 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 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. As he read those words, a car key > dropped from an envelope taped behind 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? > > Hope this gives u a message...as it did to me. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
