Anonymous Buyer

 There once was a woman who had just finalized her divorce.

As part of moving forward,  

She decided to sell some of her jewelry’

The woman went to a local jewelry store to see if they sold consignment.

They did.

When she pulled out one of the rings,

The workers at the store gasped at its beauty.

To make a long story short,

Uncertain as to what the stone was,

And more concerned with getting rid of the jewelry than waiting to have the stone identified,

The woman sold the ring to an anonymous buyer for a very small amount of money.

The anonymous buyer,

Thinking that she knew what the stone was

But uncertain as to if her luck could be so real,  

Sent the stone to a lapidary for identification.

Come to the find out, the stone was a rare stone,

Found only in one country of the world.

It was worth twenty times more than what she had paid.

 

I don’t know the circumstances of the divorce.

I don’t know if the woman needed fast cash or

If she was just so disgusted with her ex-husband that she didn’t really care what she got for the ring as long as it was gone.

I just know this:

The anonymous buyer saw something in the ring that the original owner did not.

She saw beauty, worth, and value…

And that beauty, worth, and value now sit on her finger in a display of humble gratitude.

 

May we be a people

Not quick to discard,

And may we see the

Beauty, worth, and value

All around.

 

Amen.