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The pearls
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The Pearls
Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. 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 necklace for her.
Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, 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!
Now 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.
So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up the
cheap things in our lives so he
can give us beautiful treasure. Isn't God good?
You can do two things with this story:
a) You can pass it on and let others be touched by its message
b) You can throw it away and not let it touch your heart.
I strongly recommend option A. This made me think about the things I
hold on to and wonder what
God would have me give up.
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Submitted by SWM8945@aol.com 7
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