God Loves a Cheerful Giver

Imagine, you’re doing your best to raise 3 kids, and money is so tight that none of you have eaten for days.  You hear about a gig where if you show up to help butcher a pig, you’ll get paid with a small share of the meat.  At last, the kids will have something to stop their grumbling stomachs for a day or two.  You get up at 3am, walk ...

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Remembering Compassion

A window treatment salesman showed up at my house four hours early for an appointment scheduled for 12:30 pm.  Of course, I wasn’t home. Upon receiving the call from this very perturbed person who was very challenged about my absence, I double-checked the email reminder to be sure my appointment was correct, and it was. This salesperson preceded to call me eight more times. First, he was angry that I wasn’t home, ...

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