A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her
husband.
For many months she had admired a beautiful diamond ring in a
showroom, and knowing her husband could afford it, she told him
that was all she wanted.
As her birthday approached, this lady awaited signs that her
husband
had purchased the diamond ring.
Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband called her
into
his study room. Her husband told her how proud he was to have such
a
good wife, and told her how much he loved her. He handed her a
beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, the wife opened the box and
found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the wife's name embossed
in gold.
Angrily, she raised her voice to her husband and said, "With all
your money you give me a Bible" and stormed out of the house,
leaving her husband.
Many years passed and the married lady was very successful in
business. She managed to settle for a more beautiful house and a
wonderful family, but realized her ex-husband was very old, and
thought perhaps she should go to visit him.
She had not seen him for many years. But before she could make
arrangements, she received a telegram telling her that her
ex-husband had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to
her. She needed to come back immediately and take care of
things.
When she arrived at her ex-husband's house, sudden sadness and
regret filled her heart. She began to search through her
ex-husband's
important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as she had left
it years ago.
With tears, she opened the Bible and began to turn the pages.
Her
ex-husband had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, "And if
you,
being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more shall your Heavenly Father which is in heaven, give to those
who ask Him?"
As she read those words, a tiny package dropped from the back of
the
Bible. It had a diamond ring with her name engraved on it, the same
diamond ring which she saw at the showroom. On the tag was the date
of her birth, and the words...'LUV U ALWAYS'...
