Touching Life Story

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Dear friends and devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal.

 

Touching life story.....

 

A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had

admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father

could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.     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. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and

said, " With all your money you give me a Bible? " and stormed out of the house,

leaving the holy book.

 

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 the things. When he arrived

at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.

 

He began to search 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 read those   words, a car key dropped from an envelope

taped behind 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 God's blessings because they are not packaged as we

expected?

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry