One day a little girl named Jovi was with her mother in the grocery store. She saw a toy pearl bracelet worth 20 pesos. She became giddy with excitement and ask her mother to buy it for her. "Are you sure you like it?"her mother asked.
"Yes, Mommy ! please . please buy it for me!"
So the mother bought the toy pearls for little Jovi.
Jovi's father who loves her very much, read a bed time story to Jovi each night. One night, after reading a story, Daddy Nelson asked her, "Do you love me?"
"Of course, I love you daddy",she said.
"Can you give me your pearl bracelet?"he asked.
Little Jovi pouted. "You can have my princess doll Daddy, but not my pearl bracelet.That's my favorite."
Daddy Nelson smiled."That's okay Jovi, I love you." He kissed her good night.
Seven days later,after another reading session, the father asked again,"Jovi do you love me?"
"Daddy you know that I love you" the little girl answered.
"Can you give me your pearl bracelet?"he smiled.
"No Daddy please. You can have my brush, my violet pen and red hair band but not my pearl bracelet".
"That's okay hon I love you" and kissed her good night.
But few days later, a teary-eyed Jovi came to her father and said "Daddy I love you so much,"and placed in his hand her toy pearl bracelet.
Her father give her a big hug and said, "I have a gift for you little girl." He pulled out from his pocket a beautiful velvet case with gold lining. He opened it showing to her a genuine pearl bracelet."This is yours. No more toy pearl bracelet for you, my princess. You deserve a real one."
This is the kind of wise exchange that God wants to give us. God wants to take what is cheap and fake in our lives so that He could give us something much much better.
Give up your addiction
Give up your counterfeit
Give up what destroys you
Give up what pulls you away from God and life and happiness
because like Jovi, you deserve better:))
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