He became even more upset when the child used the
gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box
to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The
father was embarrassed by his earlier over-reaction, but his anger flared even
more when he found the box was empty.
He spoke to her in a very harsh manner.
"Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's
supposed to be something inside the package?"
The
little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy,
it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full." The father was
crushed and begged forgiveness.
A
short time later, the child was killed in an accident. It’s been
said that her father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his
life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open
the box and take out the imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who
had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have
been given a golden box ( call it the bible ,if you will ) filled with
unconditional love and kisses from God. There is no more precious gift anyone
could hold.