We all have a way of deciding what matters most. Sometimes our priorities are revealed by what we say. More often, they are revealed by what receives our time, our attention, our resources, and our best. A farmer once learned this lesson in an amusing—and somewhat uncomfortable—way. One day, he joyfully told his wife that their prized cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. He had decided to dedicate one of the calves to the Lord. “We’ll raise them together,” he explained. “When the time comes to sell them, we’ll keep the proceeds from one…