I know a guy who knows Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.  I met a guy who is a good friend of Rob Bell, one of my favourite Christian speakers.

Network theorists reckon that we are, at the most, only 6 steps away from every other person on the planet.

Now if I were to influence the guy who I know  knows Obama and he in turn were to influence Obama…?

God has given us so much potential for positive change.  When you stop, and look at the world from this perspective, you might just start to see that our lives are not as insignificant or meaningless as they sometimes feel.

Maybe Jesus had something like this in mind when he said;

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”