HOW MANY TIMES DO WE MISS GOD’S BLESSINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PACKAGED AS WE EXPECTED

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 has purchased the car. On the morning of the graduation, his father called him into his private study.

THE BLESSING THAT WAS OVERLOOKED

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-Holy Bible. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said;

“With all your money, you give me a Holy Book?” and stormed out of the house leaving the Holy Book.

He never contacted his father again for a very long time. Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a 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.

GODS BLESSINGS OFTEN COME THE WAY WE LEAST EXPECTED

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away,

and willed all 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 Holy Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Holy Bible and began to turn its pages. As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Holy Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sport’s 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.