Give Me Yourself
Story★★★★A father and his young daughter were great friends and much in each other’s company. Then the father noted a change in his daughter. If he went for a walk, she excused herself from going. He grieved about it, but could not understand. When his birthday came, she presented him with a pair of exquisitely worked slippers, saying, “I have made them for you.”
Then he understood what had been the matter for the past three months, and he said, “My darling, I like these slippers very much, but next time buy the slippers and let me have you all the days. I would rather have my child than anything you can make for me.”
The point
A parable of a father teaching his daughter that his love desires her presence and companionship more than any gift she could make, illustrating God's desire for relationship over works.