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?"

How many times do we miss God's
blessings because they are not
packaged as we expected?