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Footprints In The Sand

By Peter on January 10, 2013 / 31,673 views

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set...

The Beauty Of The Spirit

By Joseph J. Mazzella on January 09, 2013 / 10,127 views

I was walking towards the store when I first saw her. She was between eighty and ninety years old. Her hair was thin, sparse, and as white as the snow on the sidewalk outside. Her face was red, chapped, and wrinkled from a lifetime of use. Her mouth was missing most of its teeth. Her gnarled hands each carried a bag full of groceries. She wore work boots that had clearly seen better days. As she shuffled slowly...

The Greatest Adventure Of All

By Joe Mazzella on January 02, 2013 / 3,281 views

When I was a little boy I used to love those nights when my Mom would read me a story before bed. I would be warm under my blankets while my Mom's soothing voice would take me on an adventure to another world. As I got older I soon started taking those magical adventures myself. There seemed to be so many books and so little time to read them all. I journeyed along with Bilbo and Frodo in "The Hobbit" and "The...

Blessings In Disguise

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 27, 2012 / 20,504 views

The rain poured down on the car stopped by the side of the road. I had made my wife pull over a few minutes earlier when her tears had made it impossible for her to drive. My own heart ached with pain and my eyes were wet with tears too. It was the worst moment of our lives. I held her in my arms for a long time while the Heavens seemed to cry with us. We had just come from a specialist office in a big...

Working For Dad

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 19, 2012 / 7,629 views

When I was growing up my Dad would often give me chores to do to help out around the house. Some were easy but the three I remember the most were the three toughest of all. The first was helping to weed the four gardens we had. It was tedious work. I would much rather have been riding my bike than crawling in the dirt on my hands and knees pulling the thousands of weeds that choked our gardens. The second was...

Sheila Walsh's Angel Encounter

By Chris on December 18, 2012 / 2,067 views

At 34 years old and at the height of her career, Sheila Walsh thought her life was over. She walked off the 700 Club set and drove 3 hours to a psychiatric hospital in Washington D.C. She felt alone and the pain was too much. The first night at the hospital, she was placed on suicide watch. Sheila literally went from starring on a television show in the morning, to suicide watch by nightfall. But at 3 o'clock in...

Coming Together To Help A Stranger

By Carolyn on December 12, 2012 / 8,170 views

I was sitting at work in my office and a co-worker called down telling me to look outside. Apparently there was a group of people across the street at the courthouse looking for something in the grass. I walked outside and asked them what they were looking for. A young woman had dropped her wedding ring and it mysteriously disappeared. I told them I would see if I had a something magnetic in the office and...

A Christmas Miracle Of Hope

By Molly on December 10, 2012 / 7,868 views

Three years ago, a little boy and his grandmother came to see Santa at the McAllister Mall in Saint John . The child climbed up on his lap, holding a picture of a little girl. Who is this?" asked...

Christmas Memories

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 10, 2012 / 6,612 views

Christmas is a time of great faith, hope, and love. As you get older it is also a time of cherishing wonderful memories. This happened to me as I was sitting quietly listening to Christmas carols today. I relaxed, closed my eyelids and felt my eyes tear up under them as I allowed the flood of childhood, Christmas memories to wash over me once again. ...

Spilled Beer

By Joseph J. Mazzella on December 05, 2012 / 7,485 views

It was the first semester of my Freshman year in college. I was sitting in a bar drinking beer, smoking a cigarette, and trying to look cool. I had just gotten my first set of grades and they were a lot worse than I thought they would be. Too many beer nights had seen to that. I felt lonely, sad, and empty inside. I wondered where my life was going. I thought a few more beers would make me feel better, but all...

What We Do With It

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 29, 2012 / 7,291 views

One of my neighbors used to have a beautiful tree in her front yard. Her Dad had planted it for her when it was nothing more than a twig and for years it seemed to barely grow at all. Yet, after a time it started to shoot towards the sky with amazing speed. Soon it towered above her home and blessed her with cooling shade in the Summer and glorious, golden leaves in the Fall. When the two day blizzard from...

Our Daily Bread

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 26, 2012 / 8,139 views

It was the Christmas break from school almost 40 years ago. I had spent most of the morning like any young boy would, playing outside in the snow and soaking up the few hours of sunlight on the shortest day of the year. I had delighted in stomping through the freshly frozen flakes, making snowballs to throw at the trees, and watching the smoky breath float out of my mouth. After a while, though, the cold got to...

A Message From Ben Stein About God

By Angel on November 17, 2012 / 8,773 views

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat... Or maybe I can put...

MoonPie

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 15, 2012 / 8,943 views

Over the last few months I have once again been reminded of two things: God has a sense of humor and God knows how to heal a hurting heart. It all started a few weeks after the death of our beloved dog, Harley. At the time I was in mourning and had no intention of adding yet another pet to a house still crowded with 4 dogs, 3 cats, and a turtle with a bad attitude. Little was I to know, however, that God had...

The Human Spirit

By Joseph J. Mazzella on November 09, 2012 / 12,034 views

While the mountains of my home escaped the greatest destruction from Hurricane Sandy they still received a devastating two day blizzard brought on by the storm. Over three feet of wet, heavy snow crushed our communities. The roofs of businesses collapsed. Thousands of trees lay split and broken on the ground. Roads were blocked. Power lines were down and countless homes were without phones, electric, and heat. We...

Your Job Is To Love

By Joe Mazzella on November 02, 2012 / 14,457 views

My kitchen table was covered with papers. It was the end of the month and I was trying to get all of my paperwork done and taken to the office on time. I sat down in a chair, picked up my pen, and started writing on the...

ARMY VETERAN SETS OUT ON WORLD WIDE CHALLENGE; Random Acts Of Kindness Targeted To Bless One Million Lives

By Stephanie K. on November 02, 2012 / 17,173 views

When Stephanie King, an Army veteran left the military, she thought she would work her way up the Federal government career chain and retire at 65. But, as she says it, “The Lord had bigger plans for me than I could ever imagine.” Stephanie did work for the Federal government for a few years after leaving the service and worked her way up very quickly. But, when she met her husband, also a veteran, her life...