Starfish

One evening an old man was walking along the shoreline of the ocean when he spied a young boy. This young boy was reaching down and picking up something, then he would throw it into the ocean. Again and again this boy was tirelessly throwing and bending, throwing and bending.

As the old man grew closer he saw that they seashore was covered with starfish! They were still alive, but if they didn't get back into the water quickly they would die. They young boy was trowing starfish back into the ocean as quickly as he could.
When the old man got within earshot of the young boy he yelled out, "Son, what are you doing? You can't possibly save all of these starfish? What difference does it make to save any of them?"

The young boy turned around and answered, "No, I can't save all of them. But I can save this starfish." And he threw another one back into the ocean. "And this one too. I can make a difference to them."

As the boy turned back around and continued throwing starfish back into the water the old man realized what the young boy had meant. He leaned down and picked up a starfish and hurled it with all of his might into the water. He too could make a difference.

I love this story. The significance of one person making a difference in this large world..it never gets old! This is what my whole blog is about. It embodies the revelation that one person can make a difference.

Have you ever seen Horton Hears a Hoo? My favorite line in that whole movie is, "A persons a person, no matter how small." We are all people! It doesn't matter what you look like, what you do, or how tall you are. God loves you just the same. He died for you. We can make a difference. Just like in the starfish story, we might not be able to save all of the people in this world, but we can  make a difference in someones life.

Saving one starfish...that's a miracle.