God in all things

My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that young men have to have older and worldlier wise men to tell them. For instance who to trust, how to care for others, and how to live life to the fullest.
Recently, John lost his wife Janet. For eight years she fought [...]

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It was only five days before Christmas. The spirit of the season hadn’t yet caught up with me, even though cars packed the parking lot of our Houston area Target Shopping Center. Inside the store, it was worse. Shopping carts and last minute shoppers jammed the aisles. Why [...]

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with, but only in the woods. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back to dinner.
As he was walking back, he saw grandma’s pet duck. [...]

Simple Gesture
A little boy selling magazines for school walked up to a house that people rarely visited. The house was very old and run down and the owner hardly ever came out. When he did come out he would not say hello to neighbors or passers by but simply just glare at them.
The boy [...]

 
There once was a man with a water pump. To a friend he said, “This water pump will provide you with all the water you need. Here, it is yours.” The friend was delighted to receive it, since he was thirsty as well as needing water for his dying garden.
The next day the man [...]

A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married & went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, [...]

A touching story
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I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying groceries. I wasn’t hungry. The pain of losing my husband of 7 years was still too raw. And this grocery store held so many sweet memories.
He often came with me and almost every time he’d pretend to go off and look [...]

2008 Contract  
After serious & cautious consideration…..your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2008! 
 It was a very hard decision to make. So try not to screw it up!!!
 My Wish for You in 2008 May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your [...]

My wife called, ‘How long will you be poring over that newspaper?  Will you come here and make your darling daughter eat her food?’
I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene.  My only daughter Sindu looked frightened. Tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl filled [...]