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The necklace  

 The cheerful little girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them, a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.

"Oh mommy please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please?"

Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl's upturned face.

"A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a week away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from Grandma."

As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. After dinner, she did more than her share of chores and she went to the neighbor and asked Mrs. McJames if she could pick dandelions for ten cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.

Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere, Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off was when she went swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might turn her neck green.

Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night as he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you love me?"

"Oh yes, daddy. You know that I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."
"Oh, daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess, the white horse from my collection, the one with the pink tail. Remember, daddy? The one you gave me. She's my very favorite."

"That's okay, Honey, daddy loves you. Good night." And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.

About a week later, after the story time, Jenny's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?"

"Daddy, you know I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."
"Oh Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my baby doll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper."

"That's okay. Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you."

And as always, he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.
A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian style.

As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek.
"What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?"

Jenny didn't say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And when she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here, daddy; this is for you."

With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime store necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Jenny.

He had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her the genuine treasure. 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 treasures.  

God will never take away something without giving you something better in its place.  

AMEN sister AMEN!!

Thank you so much TigerLily:

Many trials for me and my daughter lately and many dimestore things and people I am in the process of giving up.  I know my God is faithful and offer far superior replacements for me.   

Love in Christ, Eva

Eva.. Im so sorry you and your daughter are facing such trials.. going thru what I am I can only say   (Joshua 1:5)  There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, norforsake thee(Psalms 46:1)  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psa 20:5  We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all thy petitions.
psa 33:20  Our soul waiteth  for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
Psa 121:2  My help  cometh from,  the LORD, which made heaven  and earth.
Psa 124:8  Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.   


Eva my friend.. If we keep our faith in God and let Him take care of our problems.. this is what we will end up like..

Psa 126:2  Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.  

You and your family will be in my prayers, If u ever need or want to talk, my messenger (msn) is on my profile. feel free to pop on to talk! i know all about trials !!  :-\ but I know about Victories as well!! Praise God for that!!
hugs
Michelle

Michelle:

Thank you so much for your loving words, encouragement and prayers.

I am confident that God is ultimately in control.  My heart breaks for my daughter, who is 8 and very confused. My prayer is that I am yielded completely to the Holy Spirit and being the best example of Christ to her that I can be.

Thanks again,
Love in Christ, Eva

You and your family will be in my prayers, If u ever need or want to talk, my messenger (msn) is on my profile. feel free to pop on to talk! i know all about trials !!   but I know about Victories as well!! Praise God for that!!
hugs
Michelle


I modified my last post but u had posted back to me,.. so I wanted to make sure u saw this part my friend..

bumping this in hopes u see this my friend..