ripples

I'm a big fan of random acts of kindness.

A really big fan.

Whenever I get get bored or just happen to have some free time (which rarely happens at GCC!)... I try to do something unexpectedly nice for someone else.

That got me thinking... it's kind of like a ripple effect. You know when you throw a pebble into the water how it makes all sorts of ripples getting bigger and bigger out from the center? It's kind of like that. Small as each pebble is, not one touches the water without these resulting ripples.

We are kind of like the pebble. No matter how influential or insignificant we see ourselves, we all send out ripples that circle out further than we might ever dream. Things we do or say... whether kind or mean... all ripple out and touch other lives far beyond the boundaries we think they go. People around us are often touched by an act or a word of ours that we never dreamt would get that far.

Sometimes we think we can skip through life, independent, not touching others, hurrying on without time to stop and be concerned about anyone else. The inevitable ripples still flow out. We do influence, we do touch others, even when we are not aware of it. God even reminds us of our ripples… "...you be an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity"( 1 Timothy 4:12).

We have no idea who is watching us or what kind of day the people around us are having. The things I do may just ripple out and change someone else's day for the better!