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You will miss your comfort when you begin to neglect your work. I know how it used to be with the boys at home. In cold weather they huddled round the fire, almost sat on the fire. It was so cold that they could not tell how they would live through the bitter winter. But when father came in, he said,…

A man goes to work to make money, and after toiling hard for it he gets it and it is a consolation to him. But it is not an everlasting consolation, for he may spend or he may lose all his money. He may invest it in some company (limited or unlimited) and very soon find it vanish or he may be compelled…

Do you not know that plain dealing is more precious than rubies? Would you not say to your physician, “Put me under the severest examination, and let me know the truth”? Would you pay him a fee so that he might deceive you? As to your soul, do you not desire to know the very worst of your case? If you…

If you were on board a vessel, and had lost your bearings, you would be glad enough to see a pilot in the offing. Here he is on board, and you say, “Pilot, do you know where we are?” “Yes,” says he, “of course I do. I can tell you within a yard.” “It is well, Mr. Pilot, but can you bring us to the port…

We despise the chastening of the Lord when we despise those that God chastens. You say, “Poor old Mrs. So-and-so. The last seven years she has been bedridden; what is the good of her in the church? Would it not be a mercy if she were dead? We always have to be keeping her—someone or other giving her…

See the battlefield, strewn with men who have fallen in the terrible conflict! Many have been slain; many more are wounded. There they lie in ghastly confusion, the dead all stark and stiff, covered with their own crimson, and the wounded faint and bleeding, unable to leave the spot where they have fallen.…

In early December 2020, four-year old twins Luna and Gianella Gonzales released helium filled balloons containing five holiday wishes. The girls included a list of presents they hoped to receive for Christmas. Weeks later, the girl’s mother learned that someone had shared a picture of Luna’s pink, star-shaped…

When Lexi Longstreet of Junction City. Oregon heard that families with children fleeing wildfires had come to a high school in their area in search of necessities, she invited some friends to bring comfort and companionship to the children. Longstreet owns a party shop and took the role of Belle from…

First responders in Bulgaria used cheerful face masks to combat fears over the spread of the coronvirus. The masks were printed with owls, dinosaurs, llamas, and monkeys and were given to hundreds of doctors and police officers at no cost. The company that made the special masks normally produced sleeping…

Traveling with her son gave Kendra Robins an idea to minster to homeless children around the country. Robins noticed that her son slept better away from home when he had a familiar item to snuggle with. She realized children spending an evening in a homeless shelter might be afraid to sleep because they…

When Tene Tucker returned from her vacation there was a pile of mail waiting for her. Most of it was the usual collection of bills and junk mail, but one letter caught her attention. The letter was addressed to her home, but it was marked “Return to Sender” and postmarked in 1967. Instead, Tucker found…

In “A Life Free of Worry,” Joshua Saefkow writes, “My wife and I were stunned. We came to the ultrasound with anticipation our child was healthy. The doctor informed us our first-born daughter had several cysts on her brain, which would result in several different types of mental illnesses. This diagnosis…

Sheriff’s deputies in one Georgia community are targeting driver in need of some holiday cheer and giving them $100 bills instead of traffic tickets. Monroe County Sheriff J.C. Bittick says an anonymous donor gave $5,400 to launch the goodwill drive, so his deputies are passing out the money instead…

Aley Meyer’s ultrasound picture of her unborn child contained an image that appears to be an image of Jesus on the cross. She did not notice until a week after she had the procedure when some friends showed her the picture at her baby shower. She said the picture has a lot of detail and when she magnified…

Sometimes all it takes to love others is a listening ear and a compassionate heart. In December of 2004, a Tsunami hit the west coast of Indonesia. The massive Tsunami left almost 300,000 people dead. It was devastating. It altered the course of life for millions of people and left them to struggle to…

When Amber Schonhoft was moving from Indianapolis to Denver, the truck containing everything she owned was stolen from an East Denver hotel. The truck was found later in a pond, but her possessions were gone. A local television station heard about Schonhoft’s plight and presented a story about how she…

Twenty-two-year-old Emily Guberman just graduated from Baylor University, is a VISTA volunteer and is running 1,000 miles to support Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Emily’s motivation for supporting MADD is unique, because a drunk driver killed her mother in 2009. After her mother’s death Emily…

A California company is offering clients interested in space travel, the opportunity to rest in peace on the moon. For a fee of $12,000, Elysium Space will privately transport a person’s cremated remains to the moon. They are currently taking orders, and the first batch of ashes will travel to the moon…

Firefighters in Bayton, Texas responded to a 911 call for a man who suffered a heart attack while mowing his lawn. After taking the man to the hospital, several members of the Department’s crew returned to the home to finish mowing the yard. Afterward, they put the mower away and locked the garage too.…

“The Life of Riley” was a popular sitcom in the fifties. Riley was constantly trying to take the easiest (and cheapest) way out and often got into trouble as a result. In one episode, called “Do It Yourself,” he tries to build a boat for a fishing trip with his friends, but ends up knocking down his…

One of the blessings of being a Christian with a church fellowship is the community one can find in times of heartache. The New Testament commands Christians to mourn with those who mourn as well as rejoice with others who rejoice. For centuries men and women within church fellowships have been surrounded…

Sometimes comfort needs to be more than words. “The New York Times reports that touch is its own complicated, highly accurate, highly effective signaling system.” They interpret that to mean that high fives and sympathetic touches can say more than words. --Reader’s Digest, May 2010, p24 Illustration…

GRIEF A goat with a birthmark has fans of the late racing star Dale Earnhardt flocking to a farm 50 miles south of Jacksonville, Florida. The attraction is a nine-month-old Nubian goat that was born with white markings, which resemble the number “3,” the number on Dale Earnhardt’s racecar on her right…

COMFORT Gerald Rodgers pastors a church in Fredericksburg, Virginia three days a week. The rest of week he oversees a group of chaplains serving in a corporate environment. Rodgers is part of growing group of chaplains who contract out to companies seeking to add a religious component to their employee…

Helping Hands Early in the morning on October 19, 2002, Gene Jones and his partner Jeremy Wieckhorst were making a routine run, hauling a load of oil when they saw a white van hit a light pole and roll over. By the time they got over to the wreck, Michael Myers, grain truck driver pulled over too. Jones…