April 16, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Tuesday, April 16.
Do you know the name Elizabeth Holmes? Well, on this day, in 2015, Time Magazine named her one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". She was just 30 years old, but her company, Theranos, was estimated to be worth over nine BILLION dollars! Her invention of a device that would revolutionize the process of blood tests and medical diagnostics had taken the world by storm.
And it was all a lie.
And today, Elizabeth Holmes sits in a jail cell, having received an 11-year sentence for fraud. Her company was dissolved, and her net worth is now something less than zero. A quote from the Bible, from II Samuel 1:19 seems appropriate - "How the mIghty have fallen!". That was David speaking about the fall of King Saul, but it could be applied to many people in history.
And there is always the chance that it could be applied to me and to you. We're reminded, this morning, of another Old Testament verse, Proverbs 16:18 - "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."
Cautionary words. Words to live by.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
