Here's a news story I ran across:


I know some of us would consider this extreme--spending 50,000$ on a matchmaker?

But another thought hit me: didn't Abraham do something quite similar to find a wife for his son? Consider this story from Genesis:

Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh. I want you to swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac."
-Genesis 24:1-4

The Bible even indicates Abraham took considerable expense:

Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
-Genesis 24:10

There are differences, of course in these two stories.  Abraham was primarily concerned with finding a spiritually suitable partner for his son (vs. the millionaire's "b" requirements).   Having said that, I wonder if the mystery millionaire's approach is more biblical than the "don't do anything, just wait on the Lord" cliches being passed around in churches.