ITS NOT IN THE PACKAGE

A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had admired a beautiful diamond ring in a showroom, and knowing
her husband could afford it, she told him that was all she wanted. As her birthday approached, this lady awaited signs that her husband had purchased the diamond ring.


Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband called her into his
study room. Her husband told her how proud he was to have such a good wife,
and told her how much he loved her. He handed her a beautiful wrapped gift
box. Curious, the wife opened the box and found a lovely,

leather-bound Bible, with the wife's name embossed in gold. Angrily, she
raised her voice to her husband and said, "With all your money you give me a
Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving her husband. Many years passed
and the married lady was very successful in business. She managed to settle for a more beautiful house and a wonderful family, but realized her ex-husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. She had not seen him for many years. But before she could make arrangements, she received a telegram telling her that her ex-husband had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back immediately and take care of things.


When she arrived at her ex-husband's house, sudden sadness and regret filled
her heart. She began to search through her ex-husband's important papers and
saw the still new Bible, just as she had left it years ago.


With tears, she opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. Her ex-husband
had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, " And if you, 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?" As she read those
words, a tiny package dropped from the back of the Bible.. It had a diamond
ring with her name engraved on it, the same diamond ring which she saw at
the showroom. On the tag was the date of her birth, and the words...'LUV U
ALWAYS'...



How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as
we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by
desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once
among the things you only hoped for...



IF YOUR GIFT IS NOT PACKED THE WAY YOU WANT IT, IT'S BECAUSE IT IS BETTER PACKED THAT WAY! ALWAYS APPRECIATE LITTLE THINGS