CALL ME BROTHER Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, tells of the time he was walking down the street and passed a beggar. Tolstoy reached into his pocket to give the beggar some money, but…
Sermon Illustrations
ANGEL SONG WORDS Kind words have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which lost its way and came to earth. -- Thomas a Kempis
PREGNANT CADDIE The Lamaze class was in full swing. The instructor was teaching the women how to breathe properly, along with informing the men how to give the necessary assurances at this stage of the…
A REJECTED GREETING CARD My tire was thumping; I thought it was flat. When I looked at the tire, I noticed your cat....Sorry
SHORT SHOT ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS Politeness costs nothing, and accomplishes wonders." Anonymous
THE OLD FISHERMAN FRIEND Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out patients at the clinic.…
WRAPPING IN LOVE Christmas joy and peace comes not from wrapping presents, but in wrapping people . . . as God has wrapped us, in love. -- Bauer
LOVE'S GRATEFUL SMILE One evening we went out, and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition. I told the sisters, "You take care of…
JOYFUL HEARTS BURNING WITH LOVE A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. -- Mother Theresa
LOVE DEMONSTRATED Love is better demonstrated than defined.
DO IT ANYWAY People are often unreasonable, Illogical, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, You will win…
And then there are those things that we will NEVER understand. Things like these If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. Source Unknown
AGGRAVATION, IRRITATION, & FRUSTRATION A boy was doing a vocabulary homework assignment and asked his father how the words aggravation, irritation, and frustration differed from one another. His father picked up the phone and told…
DEBT PAID Fiorello LaGuardia, one-time mayor of New York, was presiding at police court on a bitterly cold day. A trembling old man was brought in, arrested for stealing a loaf of bread. His family,…
ICE CREAM FOR THE SOUL A mother took her children to a restaurant. Her six-year-old son asked if he could pray. As they bowed their heads, he prayed, "God is good. God is great. Thank…
MAXIMIZING GOOD Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can To all the people you can As long as…
TOUCH OF KINDNESS I am a mother of three--ages fourteen, twelve, and three--and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the…
WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND A man was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. Work in this small Midwestern community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit…
HUG TIP A little girl was standing in line at church to get a free ice cream cone on a hot summer's day. There wasn't any cost for the ice cream except a hug from…
TRADING MARBLES During the waning years of the depression in a small Southeastern Idaho community, I used to stop by Mr. Miller's roadside stand for farm-fresh produce as the season made it available. Food and…
