ONE THING

"No one can do everything, but everyone can do something." - Max Lucado

Josh Billings said, "Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there." And, Henry Van Dyke said, on page 16 of Bits & Pieces, March 31, 1994, "Use what talents you possess: The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. Phillips Brooks concludes by saying that, "It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything."

Amazing truths, don't you think? Try to picture yourself without a tongue or even imagine your tongue without taste buds. How about a car without the screws that hold the tires in place, or the valve through which air is pumped into the tires. Can you imagine, a house without doors or windows? What about cutlery or a hot mug without a handle? I'm not
rambling about insignificant things this morning, no. The point is, I need you to realize that you're a SIGNIFICANT part of - not only God's creation but - whatever and wherever you've been placed.

YOU are not useless, can you imagine an envelope without a stamp, it's just a bundle of potential going nowhere! No matter how important the content of a mail is, without the postage stamp it is useless. From today, consider yourself a postage stamp, you have abilities, not because of your size but because of what you are. Stop seeing WHERE you are, but WHAT you are.