Can one man really change the world?

Something I've thought about the last couple of weeks that Kenny brought to realization tonight:

Most animals, by the time they are 2 years old, can perform as well as thier parents. A human child is probably the most fragile being from birth when compared to all other creation. Without attention from its parents it would die within days. It takes over a decade to instruct it on how to survive, but most important, how to relate. Even with this exhaustive effort, there are still many failures. Upon reaching adulthood (or the age thereof), they feel like they know everything and that the world is there - it truly is. Alexander changed the Mediterranean, Hitler led a slaughter against a nation, Thomas Edison brightened the world, Einstein helped to find a new way to destroy it, and Jesus came to raise it from the dead.

Yes, a being that alone would not survive its first few years alone can change, can destroy, and can ressurect the world.

The Silent Worshipper

Every sunday I sit with my friends during praise and worship. Most sundays I end up next to my friend, Ben. I'm still not sure what happened as a child, but Ben lost his voice when he was very young. He gets along pretty well with those who take the time to understand him (once you do, its just like other people talking). Ben has a great heart for worship. I began to think about weeks ago, "What does Ben's voice sound like to God?" Thinking in the physical, he hears grunts and murmurs. Thinking in the spiritual, he hears a song greater than any we could imagine, because Ben worships from deep within. God hears beyond our beautiful (and not so beautiful) voices, our appearances, our fronts that we place before other people to feel important or show a flase confidence. God listens to our hearts - to the cries and pleas of what dwells deep within us. The best part is He will respond in kind. I know that we will be restored when we meet up with Him in heaven, and I hope to run into Ben and hear the voice that always cried out to Him and that He loves so much.