my gift....

As I was trying to find my nugget verse from this weekend, I remembered that it is from the King James version, which we don't have in the house....then I remembered that I have my dad's bible that my sister gave to me after he died and so I went looking for it.
I found it and realized that it was not my dad's bible, but, was, actually, my mother's bible that my dad gave to her for Christmas, 1960.
It is inscribed:

Neva M. Shelton

I just stared at it.....I never realized the gem that was hidden away.
As I began to flip through it, I saw that she, too, wrote her favorite verses in the blank pages just like I do.
She also, kept the bulletin from Sunday in her bible, the one I found was dated March 12, 1972.
She died the next week.
The sermon title : Why worry?

God, your timing is impeccable.
Just this weekend, my friend had said to me, that of all the things that she would want her children to have of hers after she is gone, it would be her bible.
Nothing else would really matter.
Gosh, that just stuck with me....and then you gave me my mother's bible and I feel so blessed and cared for.
Thank you, Father, I will treasure it always.