What would it take to change someone's poor self-image? From loser to winner? From worthless nobody to valuable somebody? It's hard to say.USA Today carried a brief note on Sept. 25, 1997, about a marvellous rescue of a child. A homeless man in New York City saved the...
A young man I knew in high school was a terrific athlete. He was all-county in several events. Football being one of his specialties, he was given trophies and awards for the 4 years he was in high school. The winter of his senior year he was given a full scholarship...
He was kind of scary.He sat there on the grass with his cardboard sign, his dog (actually his dog was adorable) and tattoos running up and down both arms and even on his neck. His sign proclaimed him to be "stuck and hungry" and to please help.I'm a sucker for anyone...
In "Today in the Word" the story is told about a woman who once came to Ibn Saud, the first king of Saudi Arabia, requesting that the man who killed her husband be put to death. The man had fallen from the top of a palm tree when he had been gathering dates and landed...
(Based on Matthew 25:14-30)Once there was a talent show at a local hall.The first contestant played a saxophone solo. It was so brilliant that the audience cheered wildly and gave him a standing ovation. On the basis of that one solo, people were comparing the player...
I read an interesting story some time ago in an issue of Focus on the Family magazine about a man who bought one of those cars that had replaced warning lights with spoken instructions in a female voice.In a soft voice, his "little woman"—as he called her—would say,...
The story is told of a missionary who had grown old and it now was time to return to his own country. As a token of love and respect for the people with whom he had worked, he bought them a large sundial. The people were overjoyed at this gift…so much so that they...
