Max Lucado, in his book, In the Eye of the Storm, writes about a woman named Sarah who was rich.1 Really rich! She inherited twenty million dollars plus had an additional income of $1,000 a day. That's a lot of money today. But in the late 1800s when Sarah lived, it was downright staggering.

You can imagine that she was well-known, having come from the elite, upper crust of the New England coast. Well-known and powerful. Her name and money opened doors closed to most of us. Colleges wanted her scholarships. Politicians wanted her support. Organizations wanted her donations.

Did I mention that she was rich? And powerful? And well-known? She was also miserable. Her only daughter died when she was five weeks old and her husband died shortly afterward, following their daughter to the grave. …