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"THE BEST GIFT"
REBECCA FRIEDLANDER, HALLSVILLE, TX
Recently, I heard a beautiful story. It seems that the revivalist, Smith Wigglesworth, decided to take Alice, his 13-yr-old daughter, shopping for a gift. The story was relayed by his granddau...
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"THE BEST GIFT"
REBECCA FRIEDLANDER, HALLSVILLE, TX
Recently, I heard a beautiful story. It seems that the revivalist, Smith Wigglesworth, decided to take Alice, his 13-yr-old daughter, shopping for a gift. The story was relayed by his granddaughter many years later:
Mom walked around that jewelry store and she didn't even look at the watches, she was just looking at the price tags. She chose the cheapest watch in the store. Grandpa asked her if she was very sure that she had chosen the right watch. My mother replied that she was sure that she had found the watch that she wanted.
When they got outside the store, Grandpa looked at my Mother and said, "Alice I am very disappointed in you today."
Mom was surprised. "Why, Papa?"
He replied, "When God offers you a gift, choose the best."
He went on to explain to her that God has many gifts for us, and we must always choose the best. Mom lived by this principle all of her life. Always lifting her faith to choose the best. When she was preparing to go to the Congo (as a missionary), Smith Wigglesworth (her father) bought her a beautiful watch as a farewell gift. He also bought her a lovely Bible that she really treasured. In the front, he wrote the following words:
"Trusting that this book will be the choicest of all books."
Sometimes the gifts that God offers us seem too good to be true—His grace is an incredible, free gift that has been bought and paid for. God also works mysteriously in our lives; some gifts come at a price. Maybe that price is waiting on His best and choosing not to settle for less. Perhaps it involves the investment of time, or learning where His Spirit is moving at the moment, and how to partner with Him in new ways rather than what we've done before.
Website: http://www.RebeccaFriedlander.com/
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Thank you for this sweet, kind word of encouragement. It was refreshing to start today with this thought.
Jack