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 ossessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care 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?
译文:
感人的人生故事
一个年轻人快要大学毕业了。几个月来，他一直非常喜欢一款漂亮的跑车，陈列在经销商的展览室。年轻人知道他的父亲付得起跑车的费用，于是告诉父亲他只想要那款跑车。
毕业临近，年轻人在等，看他父亲有没买跑车的迹象。最终，毕业那天，他父亲叫他去书房。他父亲说他有这样一个儿子感到很骄傲，告诉儿子他有多爱他。然后他给儿子一个包装进精美的盒子。
年轻人很好奇，但有点失望。他打开盒子，找到一本精致的皮装圣经。年轻人愤怒的提高嗓子，对他父亲喊道，“你有那么多的钱，却给我一本圣经？”然后他丢下圣经，冲出了门。
许多年后，年轻人职场很成功。
他有了美好的家庭，住所也很漂亮。他意识到他的父亲很老了，或许他该回去看他。自从那次毕业后就没见过父亲了。还没来得及做出打算，年轻人就接到电报，说他父亲去世了，把所有的遗产都传给了他。他需要即刻回家，料理家事。他回到父亲的家后，悲伤与悔恨突然涌上心头。
他开始翻找父亲重要的文书，然后看到了那本仍旧很新的圣经，就像多年前他丢下的那个样子。他含着泪打开圣经，开始翻看。在他看那本书的时候，一个车钥匙从圣经后面的信封中掉了出来。钥匙的标签上有经销商的名字，正是当年他所渴望的跑车的经销商。标签上写着他毕业的日期，还有几个字……已全额付款
有多少次我们错过了上帝的祝福，只因为它们并不像我们预期的那样？