children of God

walk for darfur is tomorrow!!!
sometimes i wonder whether i really care about the people in Darfur or anyone else less fortunate than us. it seems so natural for us to just forget that there are people living in poverty, suffering from oppression, facing starvation, sickness...or is it that we don't want to be conscious to this cold hard reality?
i wonder...

sometimes, it may seem like we can't do anything to help these people, whether it is to provide humanitarian aid or to even tell them about God's love. but that doesn't mean we have to give up trying...

"A STARFISH STORY" A man was walking along the
beach one evening and saw a little boy throwing starfish that had been washed
ashore by the tide into the sea. He thought the boy was silly in trying to save
the starfish, as he knew it was impossible to throw every single one of the
starfish back into the sea, with the tides washing them up. The man walked right
up to the boy and asked him why he was trying to save the starfish. "You see
sir; the starfish would die if they are left on the shore. They need to be in
the sea in order to live," answered the boy with all the innocence of a child.
"But son, how are you going to save all of them? Every time you put one back,
another would be washed up. It doesn't matter to them, son." The boy picked up a
starfish, looked at the man and said, "But sir, it matters to this one." After
saying that, he threw the starfish back into the sea.

let us not forget that we are all the children of God...each & every one of us is precious in His sight =)