The Gift
(Playing ~ "Jesus Loves the
Little Children")
The story goes that some time ago, a man
punished his 3-year-old daughter
for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper.
Money was tight, and he became infuriated
when the child tried to decorate a box
to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
He was embarrassed by his earlier
overreaction, but his anger flared again when
he found the box was empty.
He yelled at her, "Don't you know when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside it?"
The little girl looked up at him with tears
in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy,
it's not empty;
I blew kisses into the box 
all for you, Daddy."
The father was crushed. He put his arms
around his little girl, and he begged
for her forgiveness.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for many years.
Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us has been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends, family and from God.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
~ author unknown
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