A young man from a wealthy family
was about to graduate from high school.

It was the custom in that affluent neighborhood for the parents to give the graduate an automobile. “Bill' and his father had spent months looking at cars, and the week before graduation, they found the perfect car. On the eve of his graduation, his father handed him a gift-wrapped Bible. Bill was so angry that he threw the Bible down and stormed out of the house. He and his father never saw each other again. It was the news of his father's death that brought Bill home again. As he sat one night going through his father's possessions that he was to inherit, he come across the Bible his father had given him. He brushed away the dust and opened it to find a cashier's check, dated the day of his graduation — in the exact amount of the car they had chosen together.
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As I thought about this story, I couldn't help but wonder how many people in this world have done the same thing to God. Literally tossed aside a wonderful promise, because they didn't understand it, or they didn't believe that it was possible. I also couldn't help but to think how some people get stuck on the scene in front of the cross. They focus on the life and events that lead to the cross and fail to go any further.
They fail to see the other side of Calvary.

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