0080 Uncle’s story
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| From | 📧 Bride and Groom |
| To | 📧 1st Trustee, 📧 2nd Trustee |
| Date | 3 Mar 2024 |
| Subject | Uncle’s story |
Ref: 19841103 BT01 0080
1st Trustee and 2nd Trustee
Philippians 2:4 instructs us to look on the things of others. That is to seek restitution for our guests, which gives you opportunity to prepare to stand before the judgement seat of Christ.
Please read “Uncle’s story”, Ref: 19841103 BT01 0081.
Do you really believe that?
Philippians 2:4
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Acts 4:19-20
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Proverbs 28:9
9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Bride
Ref: 19841103 BT01 0081
Uncle’s story
The Groom’s Uncle, a middle aged cripple confined to a wheelchair, undertook the arduous and exhausting flight half way around the world to attend his nephew’s wedding.
To see his nephew married, meet his wife and bless them in person, their Uncle put thought, time, effort and cost into:
- selecting a gift that would help his nephew and niece 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 he could not converse;
- managing the relationship with others whilst relying on them to move him from place to place.
At the reception, he handed his carded, wrapped and packaged gift for his nephew and his wife, his new niece, to you, the bride’s parents, for safekeeping; fully expecting you to hand his gift to his nephew, as presented, for his nephew and niece 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 Uncle’s card. You did not hand over to the Bride and Groom their Uncle’s gift. You did not return his card, and wrapped and packaged gift to him. Therefore, you stole their Uncle’s property.
That theft denied the Bride and Groom’s Uncle their:
- acknowledgement of his gift;
- blessings and thankfulness;
- ongoing relationship with him.
The passage of time does not erase or diminish the theft, rather it compounds their Uncle’s loss.
You are accountable for your trespass and the Bride and Groom seek restoration to close the trust on their Uncle’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 Uncle’s packed and wrapped gift to the Bride and Groom; or
- restore the property to their Uncle.
When this is not possible restore to the Bride and Groom sevenfold of the value of their Uncle’s gift, adjusted for inflation.
Summary diagram
Trust details
| Created | 3 Nov 1984 at the Bride and Groom’s wedding. |
| Settlor | Uncle, 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. |