Make a Difference

No matter what career path you choose, you can make a difference in someone’s life. You never know what words you will say or what actions you will do. Those words and actions may be just what someone needs.

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An example of making a difference in someone’s life happened to David and me during our first year of marriage in our first church where David was pastor.

David was the pastor of a very small rural church in Louisiana during our first year of marriage. I was the volunteer children’s minister with a very small group of children. I led the children in a Bible study, did a children’s sermon, and started a children’s choir. All with a variety of ages of children. We were only at this church for about a year when God moved us on to other things. We did not keep in touch with anyone from that church after we moved.

Then 13 years later David received an email from a young girl who was involved in the children’s ministry group. She had searched for our names on the Internet, found David’s contact information, and contacted him. She said she never forgot us and the impact we had on her life. She reminded us that I shared the plan of salvation with her at the age of 10 and David baptized her. She did not attend church with her family at the time. Her mom would drop her off at church time and come back to pick her up.

She is now married to a pastor, has a nursing degree and works as a nurse, and recently had their first baby. Her mom is now actively involved in our former church and has gotten many of her friends involved as well.

What a blessing it was to know that we did make a difference. Keep on keeping on — keep on making a difference. You may not know what kind of difference for many years later.