A friend reminisced about her dad. He worked many hours every day at hard, manual labor. There was never much money and there were many mouths to feed in their home. As Christmas drew near when she was about six, all she could talk was the new doll she wanted. She didnt fully understand the heart burden it must have put on her parents, knowing their little girl wanted something so terribly and there was no money to buy it. All she knew was she wanted a doll like her friends had. Her father, though, was not only hard working but determined. His job took him to several area junk yards each week. And so, after completing his daily work, hed push through the smelly refuse, looking for something he could turn into a treasure for his little girl. He found a doll body with one leg here, another salvageable arm and leg there, and although it took several weeks of digging through reeking garbage, he finally had enough of a doll to piece together a whole one. He spent hours cleaning it, painting on features worn off, and even washing and styling the blonde hair until it was shinier than the day it came out of the box. My friends mom sewed a little outfit for it out of an old dish towel and finished it off with a small red ribbon in the hair. When she opened her doll Christmas morning, my friend was overcome with joy and was inseparable from her new doll. When school started back, she happily took her doll with her to her class. It didnt look like her friends dolls, and some of the other kids taunted her and made fun of it, but she didnt care. She loved it with all her heart. Even now, as my friend tells this over 50 years later, tears moisten her eyes as she tells of her gratitude for the many hours her dad spent to make sure his little girl had what she wanted. And this is truth. The money we spend today is rarely going to be remembered for long. But the sacrificial kindness and the goodness from God we put out into the world will not only last, but will multiply and replicate into eternity.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 15:58:01 +0000
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