It Made a Difference to That One!

Oftentimes, we tend to focus on what’s wrong with others or what’s wrong in our nation or what’s wrong in our places of business. Isn’t it time we do a self analysis about how we can be the influencer for CHANGE that impacts our world?

Sure there are the obvious world changers like Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King, President Ronald Reagan, Mother Teresa …but what about the Mom & Dad who influence their kids for greatness, the volunteers at charitable organizations who daily touch people’s lives, the grandparent who never ceases to pray for their family, and those who are willing to be the difference maker in someone who needs that extra word of encouragement and hope — to not give up….TODAY?

One of the sweet ladies who attends my Life Group, was on her way to our meeting last week, but first stopped at the service station. As she went in, she saw a dissheveled young man sitting on the curb. She came out, and he was still there, and she passed him by. Almost to my house, she couldn’t get that young man off her mind — and had to turn around. She got to him and handed him all the cash she had with her, and said, “God bless you” and his reply, “No, God BLESS YOU!”

Seems like a tall order to be a world changer….but when we consider the effect we can make on one person’s life, we can sure be their WORLD changer! We’re counting on that act of kindness, by my friend — to be the world CHANGER that young man needed. It’s like the story of the old man throwing starfish back into the sea, and when asked “Old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.” The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”