Belldandy Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:24 pm
This is a story about a beautiful girl bright-eyed, five-years-old name Jenny.
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
neck-lace for her.
Jenny worked on her chores very hard everyday, 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.
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.
Give up the cheap things in our lives so that He can
give us beautiful treasure. Isn't God good?
Are you holding on to things which God wants you to let
go of? Are you holding on to harmful or unnecessary
partners,relationsh ips,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.
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