Pelle’s Thoughts

Recently I was sitting on Pr. Pam’s desk in her home office, keeping her some company while she was working on her sermon and checking e-mails. After a while she got a phone call and I couldn’t help but listening in on the conversation. I forgot what most parts of the conversation were about (which is good in terms of confidentiality anyway). But the story the person on the other end was telling her stuck with me, and I want to share it with you:

Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a little girl going back and forth between the surf’s edge and the beach. Back and forth the little girl went. As the man approached he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide.

The man was stuck by the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached the girl continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.

As he came up to the girl he said, “You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish. What difference can it possibly make?” The girl looked at the man. She then stooped down, picked up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. Then she turned back to the man and said, “It sure made a difference to that one!”

We can make a difference too – one at a time!

Yours Pelle

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