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“You know I love you. Your value has not changed one bit, no matter what’s happened to your market accounts.
“The downturn in the market can remind you of something I have often said: ‘This world is not your home.’ Not long ago people would store up their treasures in barns where moth and rust could destroy. Your investments are a little more high-tech, but not so much different in some ways. You’re not worried about moths or rust, you’re worried about uncertainty and sudden downswings you cannot control. Like the scriptures say, cast all your anxieties on me because I love you. Maybe that means something more to you today than ever before. If so, that’s a good thing!
There's an old story that's floated around for years. Maybe it's true, maybe it's not. But like my old history professor, Bennie Galloway, used to say, "Even if it's not true, don't you wish it was?!"
During WWII a man died and his two friends desperately wanted to give him a decent burial. They found a cemetery in a nearby village. It happened to be a Roman Catholic cemetery and the dead man had been a Protestant. When the two friends found the priest in charge of the burial grounds, they requested permission to bury their friend, but the priest refused because the man had not been a Catholic. When the priest saw their disappointment, he explained that they could bury their friend immediately outside the fence. This was done.