0076 Grandmother’s story
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| From | 📧 Bride and Groom |
| To | 📧 1st Trustee, 📧 2nd Trustee |
| Date | 3 Feb 2024 |
| Subject | Grandmother’s story |
Ref: 19841103 BT01 0076
1st Trustee and 2nd Trustee
Out of much affliction and anguish of heart the Bride and Groom write unto you, as you have chosen to continue to stand in dishonour.
Your time in your mortal body is fast diminishing; as is your opportunity to set things aright with the Bride and Groom’s guests, or their estate.
Please read “Grandmother’s story”, Ref: 19841103 BT01 0077.
Do you really believe that?
1 Corinthians 4:14
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Ezekiel 18:24, 26-28
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth inqiquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 33:3-6
3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Bride
Ref: 19841103 BT01 0077
Grandmother’s story
The Groom’s Grandmother, an aged woman in her seventies, undertook the arduous and exhausting flight half way around the world to attend her grandson’s wedding.
To see her grandson married, meet his wife and bless them in person, their Grandmother put thought, time, effort and cost into:
- selecting a gift that would help her grandchildren set up their house and life together as man and wife;
- selecting wrapping paper, ribbons and a card;
- writing a personal message and blessing in the card;
- the stressful long haul flight from Germany to Canberra;
- attending the wedding service and reception;
- dealing with the anxiety of being surrounded by people with whom she could not converse.
At the reception, she handed her carded, wrapped and packaged gift for her grandson and his wife, her new granddaughter, to you, the bride’s parents, for safekeeping; fully expecting you to hand her gift to her grandchildren, as presented, for them to open and read the card, and unwrap, open and enjoy the gift.
You did not transfer title over to the Bride and Groom, that is their Grandmother’s card. You did not hand over to the Bride and Groom their Grandmother’s gift. You did not return her card, and wrapped and packaged gift to her. Therefore, you stole their Grandmother’s property.
That theft denied the Bride and Groom’s Grandmother their:
- acknowledgement of her gift;
- blessings and thankfulness;
- ongoing relationship with them.
The passage of time does not erase or diminish the theft, rather it compounds their Grandmother’s loss.
You are accountable for your trespass and the Bride and Groom seek restoration to close the trust on their Grandmother’s behalf.
To remedy the trespass and close the trust:
- transfer title, that is the card, to the Bride and Groom, and
- hand over their Grandmother’s packed and wrapped gift to the Bride and Groom; or
- restore the property to their Grandmother.
When this is not possible restore to the Bride and Groom sevenfold of the value of their Grandmother’s gift, adjusted for inflation.
Summary diagram
Trust details
| Created | 3 Nov 1984 at the Bride and Groom’s wedding. |
| Settlor | Grandmother, Norderstedt, Germany. |
| Property | Packaged, wrapped and carded wedding gift. |
| Intent | Bride and Groom to receive and open packaged, wrapped and carded gift. |
| Beneficiaries | Bride and Groom. |
| Trustees | Bride’s parents. |
| Purpose | To hold property on behalf of the beneficiaries. |
| Powers | No discretion and no active duties other than to transfer the property to the beneficiaries when requested. |
| Function | Merely the nominee of the beneficiaries. |
| Terminates | Upon transfer of title and property to the Bride and Groom. |