Is this a true story or urban legend.?

Question

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man's name embossed in gold. Angry, he rose his voice to his father and said "with all your money, you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realised his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt. 7:11, "And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?"

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because we can't see past our own desires?

Answer 1

A sad but beautiful story. Truth or legend, we can all learn a lesson from it. All of us seek something that will make our lives easier and more enjoyable. We usually believe that money will supply that happiness. But look at the worlds richest people and many of them are miserable. They will never know peace until they know The Prince of Peace.

Answer 2

Urban legends tend to contain some grain of truth in them. This very old e-mail spam note doesn't qualify as a true story or an urban legend. More like the parables we often see in fairie tales and greek mythology.

Answer 3

I heard this very same story about 10or more years ago and it was just a tool to encourage people to see past their own selfish nature and to open themselves to many possibilities in God.
Great teaching aid but not a specific true story as such.

Answer 4

He didn't notice that there was a set of keys with a dealer tag wedged between the pages of the bible the first time he saw it? Myth.

Answer 5

So as quickly as upon a time... Ashley, a sixteen twelve months previous female, grow to be babysitting 2 little boys. Their mothers and fathers weren't meant to return domicile till very previous due, so she placed them to mattress and sat downstairs contained in the lounge to observe some television. She grow to be flipping channels and got here to the evening information. The Anchor-female reported a warning for her section. She reported that a psychological affected person had escaped from a close-by facility and grow to be on the run from the community athorities. Ashley flipped the channel lower back to discover an previous action picture she hadn't seen in a whilst, yet continually enjoyed. by using the top of the action picture, she had forgotten with regard to the information checklist. Upstairs between the boys wakened. He theory he heard a noise coming from the hallway. Thump, thump, draaaag.... the new child theory that Ashley might desire to be staring at television, the sound might desire to have been from this technique she grow to be staring at. The boy heard the sound lower back and woke his brother. jointly, they listened on the door to the mattress room and the sound saved coming thump, thump, draaaag...thump, thump, drag.... The sound stopped however the boys have been nonetheless frightened approximately leaving the saftey of their mattress room. They have been given lower back into mattress and stayed decrease than the covers till their mothers and fathers have been given domicile. whilst their mothers and fathers got here contained in the domicile they have been struck by using a greusome sight. Ashley grow to be laying halfway up the stairs with a path of blood in the back of her. Her palms have been decrease off on the elbows and he or she'd been hiking the stairs on the bloody stumps of her palms, pulling her badly injured physique alongside to guard the youngsters earlier she died of blood loss. Ashley's attacker grow to be on no account stumbled on!

Answer 6

I really should have appreciated my father more and taken the bible. The dealer didn't even have the car anymore when I went there.

OK, I think it is a made up story too, but I really have no idea.

Answer 7

Glurge Alert!

Glurge Alert!

I think my blood-sugar level just maxed out.

Is it true that reading nonsense like this can cause diabetes?

The tell tale sign of Christian Propaganda is that it A) Did not actually happen and B) is designed to manipulate the listener.

Like the Gospels.

Answer 8

It's a made-up story for children.

I've seen a number of different versions. I suppose if you were a child this would seem like an interesting or even "deep" story, but I'd like to think that any adults would have long since outgrown this kind of thing.

Answer 9

This is the first time I've heard about this story. I like it.

But I'm sure it a made up story.

Thanks.

Answer 10

It's not even and urban legend. it's a made up story sent around in e-mail.