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Billy Currington’s song [People Are Crazy] recounts a chance encounter in a bar between the narrator and an older man. The conversation that day ranged widely, covering politics, women, personal brokenness and the difficulty of transformative change, along with the reality of God’s grace in the midst of life’s messiness. When the two finally separated at 2 a.m., the older man’s conclusion was, “God is great, beer is good and people are crazy”. The narrator thought no more about the meeting until he read in the paper that a rich man had donated his entire fortune to a virtual stranger:...

Prayers for FRiends and Family 2024 I believe that God wants us to know how much He Loves us and that He very much desires to hear our personal prayers so in His Kindness and Mercy grants our humble requests not always but often in the exact manner we expect and so I think it’s very important for the people that pray to learn of how their prayers are answered. Thread Instructions and Guidelines:Please bookmark this thread and check it frequently. Scroll through the thread to check for recent and past prayer requests.Everyone is welcome to post & ping their...

Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, made a trip to Hawaii to help those who are still suffering from the tragic wildfires that took place last month.

In 1997, then-successful businessman and best-selling author Donald Trump launched a $100 million dollar lawsuit against the city of Palm Beach for imposing restrictions on him due to his insistence that blacks and Jews were allowed into his Mar-A-Lago club, despite no other Palm Beach clubs allowing them entry.The old guard of Palm Beach was outraged that Trump was allowing Jews and blacks into his club and the local town council in Palm Beach even imposed restrictions on Trump’s bid to get his club approved.Trump fought back and exposed the established private clubs in town that refused service to Jews...

Prayers for FRiends and Family 2023 I believe that God wants us to know how much He Loves us and that He very much desires to hear our personal prayers so in His Kindness and Mercy grants our humble requests not always but often in the exact manner we expect and so I think it’s very important for the people that pray to learn of how their prayers are answered. Thread Instructions and Guidelines:To post a prayer request or update on this thread simply click on the "Post Reply" button on this (or any) post and let everyone know who...

Are you a kind person? If so, what motivates you to be kind to others? A travel blog posed the following question along with their answer: “Who are the top five kindest people on earth?” 1. Thai2. Scots3. Kiwis (New Zealand)4. Moroccans5. BraziliansYou have undoubtedly met plenty of kind people over the years. After all, God created man in his own image, and so it is no wonder that many human beings practice kindness.Obviously, you don’t have to be a Christian in order to demonstrate kindness. In fact, some unbelievers show more kindness than certain Christians. So what’s up? The...

I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, But instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked... 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it,...

Something nonpolitical and uplifting for a Sunday - here’s a series of short clips from around the world showing good deeds and random acts of kindness.

Israeli government on Monday approved the deployment of a $6.4 million field hospital in western Ukraine to provide aid and medical assistance to refugees. The one-month humanitarian mission is named “Kochav Meir” (Shining Star) in honor of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who was born in Ukraine and became somewhat of a local hero since Russia’s invasion of the country.

At a synagogue.. Israeli social worker.. had a flash of historic vertigo.. ancestors had lived in Chisinau more than a century ago, surviving a devastating pogrom in 1903 before emigrating to what became Israel. Now their descendant had returned .. this time not as a victim, but as a rescuer. “It’s like a closure for me,” .. from Jerusalem who had come to help evacuate thousands of Jewish refugees from Ukraine to Israel. “At the time, it was almost a shame to be Jewish.. Now people want to show they are Jewish so they can be evacuated.” Today.. the context...

VIDEO OF ANIMAL AT LINK................ Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Wildlife experts in Pennsylvania said they are having genetic testing done to identify a mystery animal that might be a dog or a coyote. Christina Eyth, of Fairfield Township, said she noticed paw prints in front of her door earlier this week and followed them around her house to their source -- a small, dog-like animal curled up outside her basement door. "I peeked outside the door, and that's whenever I noticed the animal on the left hand side. And it was so scared and cold and shivering," Eyth told WPXI-TV....

Prayers for FRiends and Family 2022 I believe that God wants us to know how much He Loves us and that He very much desires to hear our personal prayers so in His Kindness and Mercy grants our humble requests not always but often in the exact manner we expect and so it’s very important for the people that pray to learn of how their prayers are answered. Thread Instructions and Guidelines:To post a prayer request or update on this thread simply click on the "Post Reply" button on this (or any) post and let everyone know who and what...

Something non-political (and uplifting) for a Sunday.

1.. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I'm working on for my Psychology class. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said; "Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile." ------------------------------ 2.. Today, after my 72 hour shift at the fire station, a woman ran up to me at the grocery store and gave me a hug. When I tensed up, she realized I didn't recognize her. She let go with tears of joy in her eyes and the most sincere smile and...

Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. ~Mignon McLaughlin At least today. Can I hear an “amen?” Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

Kim Geum-Hyuk, who now lives in Seoul, South Korea, apears in an interview with the YouTube channel DIMPLE A North Korean defector said he was “shocked” by the kindness he encountered when he first visited the United States because his home country portrays U.S. citizens as “people who torture and kill.” “[The U.S.] is not just ‘bad,’” Kim Geum-Hyuk, who now lives in Seoul, South Korea, said in an interview with the YouTube channel DIMPLE. “America is a complete enemy for [North Korea]. They taught us to fight [Americans] til the end. I also was one of the victims of...

With all the bad news and negativity during this time of crisis, I'm confident that some of us have experienced kind words and deeds from our fellow human beings. I'd like to start a post documenting common (or uncommon) acts of kindness amid the chaos. Please share your experiences here. I'm sure there are many. I'll start with a video.Creativity and Kindness amid Coronavirus Pandemic Music, humor, scripture, uplifting quotes and stories are all welcome here. Just no negativity. (There is plenty of that on other threads.) We can get through this with faith, hope, love, and good cheer.

From grocery shopping for the elderly to delivering meals or offering free classes online, acts of kindness during the coronavirus pandemic are providing uplifting moments of joy in a United States beset by anxiety. In California, the most populous state in the nation and one of the hardest hit by the virus, thousands are using internet apps to offer their services to neighbors in need.

It was one of those bad mornings. I had just driven home from a quick trip to the Westford Market Basket to pick up my $0.99 ($1.06 with tax) cup of coffee. I reached over to the passenger seat to routinely slide my cellphone into my hand. It was not there. I must have left it in the house. It was not there, either, not in the kitchen, the bathroom, bedroom, family room or in my man cave. Nowhere. I went back to the car and searched the seats and the floorboards, front and back. No luck

PINSON, Ala. – Randa Ragland opened her mailbox in late July to find a letter from a neighbor, with no return address and no name. Just words — hurtful ones. The letter accused Ragland of not caring about her Pinson, Alabama, home. “Your eyesore is affecting the resale value of OUR homes,” it said. “Do better!!!” “So many things, bad things, had happened right before I got the letter,” Ragland said. “I just didn’t have the energy to be mad.” Her husband lost his job. She received some news regarding her health, and her 3-year-old son was battling cancer. Jaxen,...