The Price of a Stamp
RA Stites, Ventures staff
The Smithsonian Institution
The Inverted Jenny is among the most rare -- and valuable --
No one knows where the ballot came from. The person who cast the vote was not identified on the envelope containing the ballot, so the vote didn't count.
Now the stamp -- which may be worth at least $200,000 -- is locked up with the rest of the ballots, because by law it must be held for a designated amount of time.
From the Miami Herald, 11-10-06,
Apparently someone made up the needed postage for an absentee ballot out of a stamp collection. For 24 cents of the amount he or she seems to have attached one of
Suffering is a perfect example of this truth. We usually rate our suffering low in value preferring not to engage in any more pain than absolutely necessary. In reality it is of tremendous value as we enter into oneness with our Lord’s suffering through our own. Furthermore, suffering has a way of drawing us deeper and deeper into fellowship with the Father as we seek His face in the depths of our pain and despair.
The next time trials and tribulations come your way, remember the lesson of the Inverted Jenny!
More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ, 9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; Philippians 3:8-10
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