英语阅读 错过的祝福
发布:佚名 时间:2010-7-26 14:14:00 来源:京翰教育中心 录入:Alice 人气:386
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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?" He then
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 a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see
him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the 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. As he was reading, a car key dropped
from the back of 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 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. Sometimes we don't realize the good fortune we
have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune
may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.