Ellen was on a tight budget so she was glad to receive a Christmas bonus That would have been enough When she deposited the money however she received another surprise The teller said that as a Christmas present the bank had deposited her January mortgage payment into her checking account Now she and Trey could pay other bills and bless someone else with a Christmas surprise God has a way of blessing us beyond what we expect Naomi was bitter and broken by the death of her husband and sons Ruth Her desperate situation was rescued by Boaz a relative [... more]

Months after suffering a miscarriage Valerie decided to have a garage sale Gerald a neighbor craftsman a few miles away eagerly bought the baby crib she was selling While there his wife talked with Valerie and learned about her loss After hearing of her situation on the way home Gerald decided to use the crib to craft a keepsake for Valerie A week later he tearfully presented her with a beautiful bench ldquo There rsquo s good people out there and here rsquo s proof rdquo Valerie said Like Valerie Ruth and Naomi suffered great loss Naomi rsquo s husband [... more]

When James was just six years old his older brother David died tragically in an ice-skating accident It was the day before David rsquo s fourteenth birthday In the years that followed James tried his best to console his mother Margaret who in her deep grief sometimes reminded herself that her elder son would never have to face the challenges of growing up In James Barrie rsquo s fertile imagination decades later that same idea would burgeon into inspiration for a much-loved children rsquo s story character who never aged Peter Pan Like a flower pushing its way through pavement [... more]