One Life’s Difference

If I could make a small difference in the world at large or a small difference in a person’s life, I would choose to make a small difference a person’s life for the Lord.  In view of eternity, even a small difference in one person’s life will be rewarded.

Many of the people who have made only a small difference are not remembered for their achievements anymore.  But a large difference in one person’s life will always be remembered by that person for the rest of his or her life.  In the Bible people are commended for making an impact on someone’s life for the cause of the Gospel.  God promises to reward those who lay up treasures in Heaven.  Jesus said in the parable of the talents that if we are faithful with little we will be entrusted with much.  So if we are faithful in making a difference in one person’s life we will be entrusted with much more abundance.
James 1:27 says, “Pure and undefiled religion is this: to look after orphans and widows in distress and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”  We are to make difference in people’s lives, one person at a time.  
So to state my answer simply I would rather impact a person’s life for eternity than to accomplish a small feat in the world at large with no eternal value.  A wise man once said, “Only one life, ‘twill soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last.” 

The difference of some sunshine on a cold, snowy day,

The difference of a smile in a dark, weary world,

The difference of a friend, whose love is true,

To turn a person to the Lord.

I wrote this a few years ago for a HSLDA contest about making a difference in the world.