I took a photo of this starfish while I was on holiday in Portugal; when I got back home to look at all my photos, it was my mum that suggested to put the Starfish story along side with it - which I thought was a great idea!

Christians too can make a difference, just like the young man in the story.

There is a parallel here between us being called to reach out and save the lost, and also about being saved by God's grace.

Those starfish cannot save themselves, it is the grace of the young man to 'save' the starfish by throwing them back in the sea/to safety.

Of course any analogy like this breaks down at some point - because I'm not saying that the job of saving people is too much for Him, nononono!

I'll not go any further than this, as it starts to get complicated, lol.

Ephesians 2:8-9
⁸"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

⁹not as a result of works, so that no one may boast."

So here it is

As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Finally catching up with the youth, he asked him why he was doing this. The answer was that the stranded starfish would die if left until the morning sun.

"But the beach goes on for miles and miles and there are millions of starfish," countered the other. "How can your effort make any difference?"

The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it to safety in the waves. "It makes a difference to this one," he said.

*edit* Author: Loren Eiseley

Also, here's a *beautiful* song to go with it, called 'Reach One More for Jesus'