Emphasis Preaching Journal

This is a passage which talks about "rewards," but clearly, not rewards as the world knows rewards. The best reward any of us ever receive is a knowledge that we are loved even in the midst of the times we have failed. Simple acts of kindness, like a cup of cold water, bring rewards in ways we never dream. A young football player was the apple of his father's eye. His dad went to every game and beamed whenever his boy scored a touchdown or made a fantastic catch. But one time, during a championship game, the boy suddenly couldn't do anything right.