My wife Mary and I are spending three days in Forth Worth at the Convention Center at the Premier Designs National Convention. Back in 1985 (that's before the Iron Curtain fell), Andy Horner and I went to Poland to teach the Book of Proverbs to a couple hundred polish teens. Andy was in his early sixties and ready to retire after a successful career with Home Interiors.
After listening to his life story and burden to raise money for indigenous missions, I casually said to him on our return flight across the big pond, "Andy, why don't you use your entrepreneurial skills for Jesus." When he got back to Dallas, he did. He founded a jewelry company called Premier. With his wife Joan, their purpose was to help moms stay at home and raise their kids. A mom could do a couple of home shows a week and earn what she would earn in five hard days in an office. They also committed themselves to founding a foundation that would give funds to missions.
That was 22 years ago and now their company has more than 25,000 jewelers and our Horner Premier Foundation has been able to support evangelical outreaches around the world. This Foundation is one of the tools God uses to support Truth Encounter, and this is why Mary and I are shaking hands and handing out free trials for our Jewels of Sinai video game. We are also rubbing shoulders with Latin Americans, Africans, Austrians, and Brazilians who are declaring Jesus because a business man and his wife in 1985 decided to use their skills in the market place for Jesus.
For those of you representing Jesus on the front lines of business today, you are in full time Jesus service. I want to bless you today, and I need to go and shake some more hands to let all these Premier Jewelers know how much we appreciate what they are doing to enable us to help others to encounter Jesus.
Have a great day walking with our Lord Jesus,
Dave
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