I bought a watch thinking only about market value—what I paid versus what I could get back out of it. It was supposed to be a flip. Easy math. Simple plan.

Then I dropped it.

The crystal cracked, the repair bill came in, and suddenly I had more in the watch than it was worth. At that point, selling it didn’t really make sense anymore. Once I had more invested than the market value, it stopped being inventory and started being something I needed to keep.

That’s when it became my favorite watch.

Not because it was perfect—but because it cost me something.

In this episode, I reflect on how value changes when investment enters the picture, and why the things that cost us the most often end up meaning the most. It’s a story about loss, perspective, and the quiet ways God keeps investing in us—time, grace, patience, mercy—even when the world says we’re not worth it on paper.

Because sometimes the things we’re meant to hold onto don’t make the most financial sense…
they just make the most sense for the soul.

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