God's Will

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Posted by: " SHABBIR KAGALWALA " kagalwalashabbir

kagalwalashabbir

Mon May 26, 2008 7:09 pm (PDT)

 

Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl.

 

One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery

store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she

wanted that necklace and when she asked her mother if she would buy

it for her, her mother said, " Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it

costs an awful lot of money. I'll tell you what. I'll buy you the

necklace, and when we get home we can make up a list of chores that

you can do to pay for the necklace. And don't forget that for your

birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too. Okay? "

 

Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her. Jenny

worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure enough, her

Grandma gave her a brand new dollar bill for her birthday. Soon Jenny

had paid off the pearls.

 

How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere to

kindergarten, bed, and when she went out with her mother to run

errands. The only time she didn't wear them was in the shower - her

mother had told her that they would turn her neck green.. Now Jenny

had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would get up from

his favorite chair every night and read Jenny her favorite story. One

night when he finished the story, he said, " Jenny, do you love me? "

 

" Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you, " the little girl said.

 

" Well, then, give me your pearls. "

 

" Oh! Daddy, not my pearls! " Jenny said. " But you can have Rosie, my

favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my

birthday. And you can have her tea party outfit, too. Okay? "

 

" Oh no, darling, that's okay. " Her father brushed her cheek with

a kiss.. " Good night, little one. "

 

A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story,

" Do you love me? "

 

" Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you. "

 

" Well, then, give me your pearls. "

 

" Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do

you remember her? She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can

play with it and braid it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you

want her, Daddy, " the little girl said to her father.

 

" No, that's okay, " her father said and brushed her cheek again with a

kiss. " God bless you, little one. Sweet dreams. "

 

Several days later, when Jenny's father came in to read her a story,

Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling. " Here,

Daddy, " she said, and held out her hand. She opened it and her

beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father's

hand. With one hand her father held the plastic pearls and with the

other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet box.

 

Inside of the box were real, genuine, beautiful pearls.

 

He had them all along. He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap

stuff so he could give her the real thing. So it is with our Heavenly

Father. He is waiting for us to give up the cheap things in our lives

so that he can give us beautiful treasure.

 

Isn't God good?

 

Are you holding onto things which God wants you to let go of?

 

Are you holding onto harmful or unnecessary partners, relationships,

habits and activities which you have become so attached to that it

seems impossible to let go?

 

Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand but do

believe this one thing....... ......... .

 

God will never take away something without giving you something

better in its place.

[Guest guest]

This is a very good eye opener. It is the trust that one should

develop that God gives what is the best for us. It is also

necessary to trust that God has equally the good heart to say no to

some of our wishes as a father does it to his child. The child must

be mature enough to accept a No.

 

I came across a story ----

 

A couple wanted to inculcate trust in God in their little girl.

They told her to kneel before God and ask him loudly what all she

wanted and that the God would give them.

 

The child started asking God for chackolets, dolls, dresses, trips

and many other simple things that generally any child would ask.

The parents used to hear and supply her saying that God had given

her. The child, on her birthday eve prayed to God that it should

snow on her birth day. It was hot summner. The parents celebrated

the birth day party as usual. They thought the child would lose

trust in God as it didn't snow that day and they couldn't help it

evidently. After the birth day party was over the father asked the

child what did she ask God for her birth day. She said that she

wanted Him to snow on that day. The father asked her, " What did

the God say? " . The littel one gladly replied: " He said No " and

happily moved around.

 

This is the acceptance that makes a person happy always.

 

Give the God His due!!

 

nvkoteswara rao

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