By way of contrast to Eike Batista, the fallen Brazilian tycoon, here is an up to date snippet of Andrew Forrest who has made a fortune in Australian mining.
He announced last week that he is donating his 5.7 billion dollar fortune to charity.
Eike Batista went from 30 billion to zero because he LOST IT.
Andrew Forrest went from 5.7 billion to zero because he GAVE IT.
A slight difference you'll agree.
This same Andrew Forrest, when he was a boy in his home town, went riding an ATV. When he was in the scrub land he stopped his bike and threw the key over his shoulder and challenged himself to find it. After searching for an hour without success, he became desperate and prayed to God "If you help me find that key, I will serve You." On opening his eyes he glanced down and there was the key stuck between the exhaust pipe and the foot rest.
That immediate answer to prayer decided his destiny. He became known as the mining tycoon that always packed his Bible wherever he went.
Now, fifty years later, he is laying up a chunk of treasure in Heaven to await his later arrival.
I guess he found more than one key out there in the bush land when he was a fourteen year old ripper.
Jubilate.
Ian
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