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Did you know Angels come in mysterious packages? In fact, the angel in this story happens to be a red plaid dressed lumberjack in the shape of a best friend by the name of Arthur. 

Arthur saw something in Noah Thompson that he couldn’t see himself and this construction worker auditioned on Idol after his friend signed him up. Now he’s going to Hollywood. 

I don’t know about you but after watching American Idol, I’ll be nervously waiting and praying Noah makes it through the competition. You see, Noah Thompson is a young construction worker who didn’t think he had time for dreams, nor did he think he had the talent to make it on some show like American Idol. 

Instead, he was focused on doing the best he could to provide for his growing little family, including his two-year-old son, Walker. But Noah was gifted an incredible voice. His deep, raw, southern voice could almost beat out Luke Bryan and his friends took notice. 

They believed Noah could perform with the best and every time they brought it up, Noah said he didn’t have the time to chase silly dreams. But his best friend Arthur wouldn’t take no for an answer. So, Arthur followed God’s nudge and contacted American Idol. 

When Arthur was asked why he signed Noah up behind his back, he said, Noah’s just got pure, raw talent, man.”

Finally, when Noah had a chance to perform in front of Katie, Luke, and Lionel he received the news he never expected. All three judges voted in favor of him. 

Lionel gave him the ultimate compliment when he said, ““You’ve got a real life storytelling voice. It’s believable.” Katie added, “You are the American Dream.” 

But what made this story extra special was when the judges invited Arthur in after the audition. They thanked him for not giving up on his best friend and being the wind beneath his wings. Katie said Arthur, “Thank you, Arthur, for seeing him better than he could see himself.”

The way Arthur believes in Noah is akin to the story of Jonathan and David in the Bible. A friendship forged in faith, strength, and love. May we all have friends that lift us up and carry us even when we can’t.

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11

This story has a fairytale ending and reminds us all there is immense power in love and family. 

This poor abandoned dog was terrified of people until a foster family changed her life. Piper had been dumped on the side of the road and was brought to a homeless shelter. Upon her arrival, the team knew if they didn't get Piper into a home or foster home soon, she would regress even further than she already had. 

In the beginning of this video, you see Piper “pancaked” to the wall and trying to hide from the noise, the strange smells, and unfamiliar surroundings. But what breaks your heart is how she cowered when any humans came near. This revealed her past life must have been filled with trauma, abuse, and of course abandonment.

Piper didn’t know what it meant to be loved. Out of concern for Piper’s future, Mady, a team member at the shelter, sat in Piper’s kennel trying to coax her to come out of her corner. 

That night Mady posted a photo of Piper on their Facebook page. It was a picture of Piper hiding in a corner surrounded by newspapers with an honest caption about the heartbroken pup. “The environment at the shelter has already proven to be too much. She could really use the comfort of a foster home.”

When Angela, a foster mom saw the post, she messaged right away that she and her housemate Courtney would come in the morning and take Piper home. 

When she arrived the next morning, she didn’t expect Piper to be so scared and to cower in every corner she could find. After a bit of coaxing, they got her out of the building, only for Piper to hide behind the first thing she could find which happened to be a cat carrier. 

The pup was terrified and didn’t know what it meant to have a human for a friend. But after they got her into the car, Angela was able to take her home. And that’s when the transformation happened. 

She was met by Angela and Courtney’s other dogs who reassured Piper she was about to embark on the greatest adventure—to find a home full of love, amazing belly rubs, playtime, treats, soft warm beds, and regular meals. 

Within an hour, Piper came out of her shell. She raced around the backyard with her new playmates, and you could see the light coming back into her eyes. Over the next few weeks, something else happened too. Instead of being just a foster dog, Angela and Courtney fell in love with Piper and decided their foster house would be Piper’s forever home.

Piper will never again be abandoned or be terrified of humans because she now has two amazing ‘hoomans’ who adore her. Isn't it amazing what the power of unconditional love can do?

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.” 1 John 4:18

Prophet John teaches on the two roads. The way to life is narrow and the path to destruction is broad.

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Watch this mesmerizing footage of a growing water lily that shows why they are the “tyrants of the deep” — you’ve never seen a more intimidating plant!

You may be thinking, “How could a plant be intimidating or scary?” If the spikes in the picture aren’t enough, the time-lapsed video will change your mind. If I were a plant in that water, I’d be terrified!

“The Green Planet,” a show on BBC Earth, shows viewers some of the incredible plants found on Earth whether they’re beautiful or horrifying. This montage of a growing water lily should impress and frighten you!

The music in the footage definitely adds to the fear factor. The ominous music sounds like it would play during every suspenseful scene in a horror movie. And don’t even get me started on those close up shots. I would stay as far away as possible.

Before the leaf blooms, the water lily uses the large bud to clear space for itself by swinging around the surface of the water. It’s like one of those medieval, spiked clubs. No thank you. Just look at how the victim plants recoil to protect themselves!

That fully-grown leaf can get up to 8 FEET ACROSS. I wouldn’t even willingly kayak or canoe near those things! Not only do these green giants push other life out of the way to clear space for its gigantic leaves, they also block sunlight from plants below them. Seems just a bit rude if you ask me.

Don’t think water lilies are tyrants? Just sit through the brutal footage of its spikes impaling nearby competing plants — a ruthless tyrant for sure! 

Honestly, I may have nightmares about those huge spikes. Regardless of how terrifying the later lily appears, nature is astoundingly beautiful. Getting a closer look into the life cycle of one of millions of plants can remind us to appreciate the blessing of living on God’s astonishing creation — Earth.

Check out this wonderful music video of 2Cellos giving the song ‘Castle On The Hill’ by Ed Sheeran a classical makeover.

The cellists in the video are Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser, and they make up 2Cellos. The talented duo is known for playing instrumental arrangements of well-known pop and rock songs, as well as classical and film music. So far, they have released five albums together.

In the music video, 2Cellos are playing their black cellos against white rocks which stand out in a striking way. The setting where the musicians are being filmed is also stunning and leads to a very majestic and bold music video. 

Luke and Stjepan are incredibly talented musicians, and they really add so much emotion and passion into their performances. Their songs also have such a classic feel to them, yet also remain modern at the same time. Their music is definitely the type that you could never tire from listening to!

“I’m running out of verbs to describe how incredible your skills are, as are your performances and filming. Your music feeds the souls of so many. Thank you for that,” comments one person on YouTube after watching the music video.

“You both are really exceptional!” another person says. “The locations where you film your videos are very interesting and make you feel the music with an adventurous sensation.”

“When you play together it's almost like you are reading each other's minds, you are so inspiring. Thank you for all the magnificent music!” writes another person online.

What a wonderful version of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Castle On The Hill’ by 2Cellos! We hope that you enjoyed listening to this song today!

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

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Memorial Day is the unofficial begin of the summer time season. Americans come together to pay tribute to those who sacrifice their life in the struggle for our freedom. These are some wonderful Memorial Day quotes to share in honour of those who have died. Because many of these Happy Memorial Day Quotes are brief, this is a list you’ll want to check and read all again and again.

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If you see something, say something. It just might save a person’s life. A 22-year-old warns a stranger about a suspicious mole and ends up saving his life. 

Nadia Popovici is a big fan of the Canucks Hockey Team. She rarely missed a game. At one of the games, she couldn’t help but notice a mole on the assistant equipment manager Brain Hamilton.

She noticed an irregularly shaped mole that was about two centimeters in diameter. It was a reddish-brown color. Nadia knew all these descriptions are the marks of a cancerous mole that she had learned as a volunteer nursing assistant at a hospital. 

But Nadia wasn’t sure whether or not Brian knew. She didn’t want to seem rude by pointing out the mark but she didn’t want Brian to die of cancer either. 

Naida knew she needed to tell him but how do you go about saying, “Hey that weird thing on your neck could be a cancerous mole.” After telling her parents what she thought, she decided to go ahead to break the ice.

She waited until after the game was over and then type a message on her phone and held it against the plexiglass as she vied for Brian’s attention. The message read, “The mole on the back of your neck is possibly cancerous. Please go see a doctor!” with the words “mole,” “cancer” and “doctor” typed red.

After first Brian was taken back. He thought it was rude and Nadia regretted giving him the message. She said, “Maybe that was inappropriate of me to bring up.” But because the encounter was so bizarre, Brian asked the team doctor if he should be concerned about it. He then went to the doctor and had the mole removed. 

The mole was then sent off to pathology, and shortly afterward Brian heard the words no one wants to hear, he had cancer. “Mr. Hamilton recalled the doctor telling him, “I’m going to diagnose you with cancer and I’m going to cure you of cancer in the same phone call.” He added, “She took me out of a slow fire and the words out of the doctor’s mouth were if I ignored that for four to five years, I wouldn’t be here.”

Brian learned that it was a type-2 malignant melanoma. This type of skin cancer when detected early can be treated. He then realized he never thanked the stranger who saved his life. But he had no idea who she was. In order to find his hero, he posted on the team’s Twitter account. 

The post said: “To this woman I am trying to find, you changed my life, and now I want to find you to say THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! Problem is, I don’t know who you are or where you are from.”

Several hours later, Nadia’s parents woke her up as she had been sleeping after a long night shift at a suicide prevention hotline to tell her about the message that had been posted to Twitter. They made plans to officially meet after the next hockey game which Nadia had already been planning to attend. Brian was able to thank this sweet, kind, young lady who saved his life.

Perhaps we all should take a page of Nadia’s playbook. If we see something wrong, say something.

“Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.” Ephesians 4:25

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Some folks may look up to sports teams or players but really not know their stories. But in this incredible video, NASCAR drivers share testimonies of putting God first.

The video starts out with Darrell Waltrip sharing how he thought he had to be arrogant in racing. Then, Trevor Bayne shares that the focus required for racing is very intense. 

Michael Mcdowell chimes in that one mistake in their sport can cost the race. Aric Almirola says the car is 3,600 pounds and there is the large challenge of controlling it. David Starr says that the intensity builds as a race goes on. 

The men candidly share the excitement of doing well in a race, but the fleeting feeling afterward. They knew something was missing in their lives.

Joe Gibbs begins to share wisdom that real adversity or real success are the hardest things in life. Suddenly, each racer shares how they came to their saving faith in Jesus. 

Many of them address their own selfishness and pride in how the Lord has humbled and grown them and given them joy. At the end they share their names and it ends with Joe Gibbs saying, “In this race, I finish second.”

One thing that stood out to me in this video is that even though each racer had different testimony of faith, God drew them into a relationship with Him. 

Many times it was due to the joyful lives believers were living around them in the midst of their worldly successes. Christ can shine brightly through us and others will see His love for them. Thankfully people were bold enough to share their faith with the racers and they all are second for Jesus. 

“And anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” Matthew 13:44-46

Listen to this beautiful and heartfelt rendition of ‘Footprints In The Sand’ by Leona Lewis and performed by 17-year-old Lucy Thomas.

“You walked with me, footprints in the sand, and helped me understand where I'm going
You walked with me when I was all alone with so much unknown, along the way
I heard you say, I promise you I'm always there, when your heart is filled with sorrow
And despair, and I'll carry you when you need a friend, you'll find my footprints in the sand” 

Lucy is such a talented singer, and she does a wonderful job performing ‘Footprints In The Sand.’ It is clear how much she loves to sing, and she really puts so much emotion and passion into her performance.

“This song has always been a big favorite of mine, and I'm a huge fan of Leona Lewis so I'm absolutely thrilled to have recorded this beautiful song,” writes Lucy in the caption of her YouTube video.

Many people online shared with Lucy how much they enjoyed her cover of this song.

“Another spell bounding experience listening to your beautiful voice Lucy! Your captivating voice always flows through me with deep emotions. Thank you for brightening the world around us,” comments one person on YouTube after watching the video.

“Lucy, your version is so beautiful. You sing with all the power and passion of a seasoned artist. The beautiful tone and range of your voice puts you in a class of your own!” writes another person online.

This lovely song is actually an adaptation of the poem Footprints In The Sand. Leona Lewis, the artist who sings the song, shared about how meaningful it is to her.

"I recorded Footprints In The Sand in the UK with producer Steve Mac and it's a very special song to me,” shared Leona. “Originally it was a poem; it's very inspirational so we put it into a song. I think it is very moving, with a very emotional lyric and I really love to sing this song."

We hope that you enjoyed listening to Lucy’s version of this song today!

Check out this 14-year-old on The Voice Kids stun the judges with his audition of ‘Lean On Me’ by Bill Withers.

“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain, we all have sorrow
But if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on, for it won't be long till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on” 

Gabriel is the 14-year-old in this blind audition video from The Voice Kids, and it is clear to see that he is nervous right before he has to start singing. His family is there supporting him, and they are also nervously waiting off stage as he’s about to start his audition.

But Gabriel has nothing to worry about, because you can see that the judges are big fans of him right from the start! As soon as he sings his first note, they all smile at the sound of his voice and are pleasantly surprised.

“That’s a kid?!” one of the judges said, shocked that the deep, soulful voice does not belong to an adult.

As Gabriel wonderfully performs his rendition of ‘Lean On Me,’ the audience and judges are loving it! They are all swaying and clapping and cheering him on!

Once the first judge presses his button to turn his chair around, Gabriel’s family jumps up and down while cheering for Gabriel. Later, another judge presses her button for the talented younger singer as well.

We hope that you enjoyed watching this great performance of ‘Lean On Me’ by Gabriel on The Voice Kids today!

Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

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Imagine being a little boy and meeting your favorite singer. In this precious video, Blake Shelton pulls a six-year-old awaiting heart transplant on stage for the sweetest duet in Blake Shelton history! 

Wyatt McKee has been a big fan of Blake for quite a while. But Wyatt doesn’t always get to do fun things. He was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. It’s a condition where the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. This makes it hard for Wyatt to do normal boy things like wrestling with friends, running around the backyard, or even playing Tee-Ball.

But the one thing Wyatt can do is listen to music. He absolutely loves all of Blake’s songs, but his favorite is ‘God’s Country.’ It speaks to the wildness in this little boy's heart. 

So, when Wyatt got to see Blake in concert, his mom helped make a sign in hopes that maybe his prayer to sing with Blake would come true. His sign was pretty cute, no wonder it caught Blake’s attention. It said, “Your smallest, biggest fan from Lake Texoma, 6 years old waiting on a heart transplant.”

The sign caught Blake’s eye and he invited Wyatt up on stage. Blake got down on one knee, so they were face to face and then asked Wyatt his name and he shyly responded before tucking his hands into the pockets of his jeans. Then, Wyatt’s prayer comes true, but as you can see in this video, he was shy and a little star-struck. But after a few chords, the pair launch into the song before Wyatt returns to his seat.

Wyatt’s mom Harley snapped a few photos and also captured the pair on video. Later, with gratitude, she posted the video online in hopes that she could get her message to Blake to thank him for his kindness. 

She wrote, “I don’t know if Blake Shelton will ever see this but I just want to let him know he is awesome and officially my favorite person he absolutely made Wyatt’s day thank you so much to him and everyone who stopped us to tell him how great he was on stage and told him they are praying for him!!! Definitely, a night to remember!!!”

This short but sweet video will remind you of how even small acts can be the greatest forms of kindness and blessings when we do something kind for others.

“Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.” Proverbs 19:17

Check out this wonderful performance from Celtic Thunder's Michael O’Dwyer of the song 'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri.

“One step closer, I have died every day waiting for you, darling don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you, time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more” 

What a beautiful performance showcasing Michael O’Dwyer incredible voice!

In the video, there is a harpist, violinist, drummer, and a few guitarists playing on stage with Michael, and they all sound so amazing making music together. And there are lights shining all over the stage to create a starry night scene. The whole thing is very beautiful and lovely to look at and listen to.

The performance is from a Celtic Thunder concert that was filmed live in Dublin from 2017. And in the video, you can see how enthralled the audience is with the performance by Michael O’Dwyer and the other musicians on stage. The same can be said for people who have watched the video online!

“I was transported to the heaves! What an absolutely breathtaking performance! I had beautiful chills!” one person writes on YouTube after watching the video.

“Love this version almost as much as the original. His voice fits the song very much!” another person comments online.

Celtic Thunder is now going on their biggest tour of North America to date with 75 cities in the United States and Canada on the itinerary. Michael O’Dwyer joined Celtic Thunder back in 2016, and before that, he was a college student in Ireland. Now he brings joy to others with his marvelous voice!

We hope that you enjoyed listening to Michael O’Dwyer version of the song 'A Thousand Years' today!