Subject: Jennies Pearl Necklace


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 birth-day Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too.
Okay?"

Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl neck-lace for her. Jenny
worked
on her chores very hard everyday, 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,"
"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 that he can give us beautiful treasure.

Isn't God good?
Are you holding onto things which God wants you to let go of?
Are you holding onto harmful or unnecessary partners, relationships, habits
and activities which you have become so attached to that it seems impossible
to let go?

Sometimes it is so hard to see what is in the other hand of God but do
believe
this one thing ......................
God will never take away& something without giving us something better in
its
place.
You can do two things with this story:
a) You can pass it on and let others be touched by its message, or

b) You can delete it and not let it touch your heart.

Remember that the greatest gifts happen when you share love and touch
other's
hearts.

that story was so *insert word that fits* that it made me cry

always
B.T.

me too

I kept waiting for something awful to happen...gosh so positive ..
rewarding to hear such stories that are so true