Let's 'Teh Tarik'!! (Love)
Greetings readers! Remember Let's 'Teh Tarik'!! (Life)? I'm back to blog about the post I promised which is on 'Love'. This is actually my favorite section! So, here are my 2 selections for this blog post..
Time is capable of understanding
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of other including Love. However, one day it was announced to the couples that the island would sink, so all prepared their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to stay until it started sinking. When Love was almost sinking, he decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a beautiful boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?" Richness answered, "No I can't. There are a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place for here for you." Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by, "Vanity, please help me!" "I can't help you Love. You are all wet and can probably damage my boat," Vanity answered. Sadness was closed by so Love asked for help, "Sadness, let me go with you." "Oh...LOVE, I am so sad that I prefer to go alone!" Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy that she did not listen when Love called her!
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come Love, I will take you." It was an elderly. Love became very happy that he even forgot to ask the name of the elderly. When they arrived tot he other side, Love asked Knowledge who was the elderly. "It was Time." "Time? But why did Time help me?" "Because only Time is capable of understanding such a great Love."
A young man was getting ready to graduate from collage. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him to 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 beautifully 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.
Angry, he raised his voice to his father and said, "with all your money you give me a Bible?" ands 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 wonderful family, but realized his father was 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 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. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matthew 7:11, "And if you hardhearted, sinful men know how to give good gifts to your children, won't your Father in heaven even more certainly give good gifts to those who ask Him for them?" As he read those words, 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 desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.
How many times do we miss blessings of God because they are not packaged as we expected?
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