Be Thankful
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt was sent to me and is by an unknown author and the Scripture is Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For a long time he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom and knowing his father could well afford it, he told his Dad that was all he wanted. As his graduation day approached the young man began looking for signs that his father had bought the car. Finally on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study and told him how proud he was to have such a fine son and he 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 then he stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man received a telegram telling him that his father had passed away and had willed all his possessions to his son so he needed to come home and take care of things. When he arrived at his father s house sadness and regret filled his heart. He began sorting through his fathers papers and saw the still new Bible just as he had left it years ago. With tears in his eyes he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages and a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name and on the tag was the date of his graduation and the words paid in full.
Let us pray for a grateful and thankful heart and receive the gift that our sins are paid for in full by Jesus.
Have a great week!-David Vining
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