Surrender The Imitation For The Genuine!

Good Morning Christian Peeps!  (A great little short story)  A young girl was given some imitation pearls and she loved them.  Everywhere she went the pearls went.  She was very protective of her pearls.  One day her Father returned from a long business trip.  As he was tucking her in for the night he asked her, "Do you love me" and of course she said yes.   Then he said, "more than the pearls?"  Yes, she said.  Then he asked if she would give him the pearls, she said no Daddy, I love them very much.  He said ok.  The little girl thought about that for a long time and the next morning she went to her Father and said, Daddy I do love you more than the pearls... you can have them and she presented the pearls to her Father.  Her Father smiled and said great!  He reached into his briefcase and took out a box for her.  When she opened it she found a genuine set of pearls.  Our Father is the same.  He would love to give us our hearts desire!  Give us the best of everything, but sadly we tend to hold onto the imitation afraid that if we let it go, we would lose it all.  But when we can let go of the imitation that the enemy provides, surrender it over to God, then and only then can he give us the best of the best....the genuine.  Surrender today the imitation and let God give the genuine.  Be Blessed!