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If The Foundation Is Weak ….

yessir — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:31:54 +0000

It is a week now since Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan with 2.6 meters (102 inches) of rain water, which caused massive mudslides and floods. There are of course many tragic stories of victims and exciting stories of the bravery of rescuers, but one story caught my attention. The six-story Jinshuai Hotel in Jhihben collapsed into the Jhihben [...]

Smiles

yessir — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:56:31 +0000

It is said that the word “smiles” is the longest word in the world. There is a mile between the first and last letters of the word. Can smiles be learnt? A CNN report says that Keikyu Railways in Japan thinks so. Taichi Takahashi, its representative, says: “Through repetition and practice, you can create a natural [...]

Carve blessings in stone

deb — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:08:07 +0000

A story tells of two friends who were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept [...]

Something else more precious

deb — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:25:14 +0000

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream.

The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without [...]

What is a friend?

deb — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:22:38 +0000

A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy and grace, And makes the world we live in, a better, happier place.

A friend is someone to laugh with, over little personal things; A friend is someone we’re serious with, in facing whatever life brings.

Friends gently teach you, how to give and how to care, And true friends [...]

Shadow & light

deb — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:36:11 +0000

It takes a world with trouble in it to make possible some of the finest qualities of life. You do not need to be an art connoisseur to realize that it is an essential of a good picture that in it there should be shadow as well as light. You do not need to be a [...]

Stop Waiting

deb — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:29:29 +0000

Happiness is a way of life. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you [...]

William Neal Moore interviewed by BBC about his execution

Administrator — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:24:10 +0000

William Neal “Billy” Moore who spent 16 years on death row and came only 7 hours away from his execution in the electric chair is interviewed on BBC radio.

Read the amazing story of William Neal Moore’s [...]

William Neal Moore

Administrator — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:32:12 +0000

William Neal Moore is an ordained minister at the church, which is sandwiched between two housing projects in the racially mixed community. He is a doting father, a devoted husband, a faithful provider, a hard working employee, a man of compassion and prayer who spends his spare time helping hurting people who everyone else [...]

God Can Use You!

deb — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:05:01 +0000

The grave of Fanny Crosby, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has a simple marker that read, “Aunt Fanny — She Hath Done What She Could.”

Fanny Crosby was blind from six weeks of age because of a mistreatment by a man claiming to be a doctor. Yet God used her to write more than 9000 hymns such [...]