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Devotional
Devotional
Valuation
Iwas searching for a mentor and my first real job out of college. I had spent the week with David, a seasoned business owner in Colorado, going from business to business learning the tricks of the trade.
Back at the home office, David pulled out his financials and handed them to me: “Tell me where I make my money.” I spent the next hour pouring over balance sheets and income statements trying to find all the income streams. When I came back to him, he showed me the ones I missed. I knew he had been testing me. I wasn’t sure I’d passed. But we started tallying up assets and liabilities until I knew exactly what David’s business was worth. It wasn’t pocket change.
Later that evening, we gathered with family and friends for worship in the living room. The grand piano in the living room came to life under David’s wife’s fingertips. David and a friend pulled out their trombones, and the entire room reverberated with praise as the rest of us sang along.
The music ended and David opened his black leather Bible. He turned to Jeremiah 9:23-24 and read, his voice cracking half way through the verse: “Thus says the
ELLEN HOSTETLER is the former development director for It Is Written.
LORD: ‘Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight.’”
David died of COVID-19 in January 2021. I held his Bible and through tears read his favorite verse again. There was no question: David understood and knew his Father. His worth was infinite.
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