Poverty

Stories tagged Poverty:

• The Hurds Jul 21, 2025

  

  Once upon a time, there lived a poor girl whose family made their living by processing flax into linen. Her mother and older sisters worked at the spinning wheel and loom, creating beautiful cloth to sell at the market. However, the family was so poor that they could not afford to waste even the smallest scraps of material.

• Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven Jan 3, 2025

  

  In a time when earthly kingdoms seemed to touch the very edge of heaven and divine messengers walked among mortals as easily as travelers walking country roads, there lived a prince whose heart was torn between two very different paths to greatness. This is the story of how he learned that the road to the highest glory leads not upward through worldly success, but downward through humble service and willing poverty.