The Golden Box
Some time ago a friend of mine 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 it under their 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 that the
box was empty.
He yelled at her,
"Don't you know that when you give someone a present, there's supposed to be
something
inside of 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 again begged her forgiveness.
My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for 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 as parents has been given a gold
container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children.
No more precious possession could anyone hold.
by: Author Unknown, Source Unknown
Jesus said,
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
heaven belongs to such as these." Mathew 19:14
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