She left her husband when she didn’t get her way. What she found years later left her speechless.

Have you ever jumped to a conclusion, making a snap decision? Did you later realize that your judgment was completely off-base?

Sometimes when our emotions get in the way, our heads are clouded by irrational thinking.

The problem with rash judgment is that things aren’t always as they appear.

All About God shared this story about how a woman’s quick decision forever changed lives.

Here’s what happened.

A married lady was expecting a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had admired a beautiful diamond ring in a showroom, and knowing her husband could afford it, she told him that was all she wanted.

As her birthday approached, this lady awaited signs that her husband had purchased the diamond ring.

Finally, on the morning of her birthday, her husband called her into his study room. Her husband told her how proud he was to have such a good wife, and told her how much he loved her. He handed her a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, the wife opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the wife’s name embossed in gold.

Angrily, she raised her voice to her husband and said, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” And stormed out of the house, leaving her husband.

Many years passed and the lady was very successful in business. She managed to settle for a more beautiful house and a wonderful family, but realized her ex-husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to visit him. She had not seen him for many years.

But before she could make arrangements, she received a telegram telling her that her ex-husband had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back immediately and take care of things.

When she arrived at her ex-husband’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled her heart. She began to search through her ex-husband’s important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as she had left it years before.

With tears, she opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. Her ex-husband had carefully underlined a verse, Matt 7:11, “And if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father, who is in heaven, give to those who ask Him?”

As she read those words, a tiny package dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a diamond ring, with her name engraved on it — the same diamond ring which she saw at the showroom. On the tag was the date of her birth, and the words ‘LUV U ALWAYS’.

When Mrs. Smith drooled over a prized piece of jewelry for months, she would accept nothing less for her birthday present.

But she failed to realize that sometimes the greatest gifts come in the form of deceptive packages.

If you take your time to carefully unwrap it, you might discover something unsuspected.

“It’s the little things that make life big.”

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