“The Lord
your God is with you,
the Mighty
Warrior who saves.
He will
take great delight in you;
in His love
He will no longer rebuke you,
but will
rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah
3:17)
A gem
dealer was strolling the aisles at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show when he
noticed a blue-violet stone the size and shape of a potato. He looked it over,
then, as calmly as possible, asked the vendor, "You want $15 for
this?" The seller, realizing the rock wasn't as pretty as others in the
bin, lowered the price to $10.
The stone has since been certified as a 1,905-carat natural star sapphire, about 800 carats larger than the largest stone of its kind. It was originally appraised at $2.28 million.
It took a lover of stones to recognize the sapphire's worth. It took the Lover of Souls to recognize the true value of ordinary-looking people like us.
--Wanda Vassalo
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