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  1. The cosmic scale of the battle between Good and Evil often overwhelms us and we sometimes feel that we should give up in despair. God does not expect us to win the battle - he has already done that. But he has left us with a task in this conflict. Here is something to think about this week:

    A man, walking along a beach in the early morning noticed thousands of starfish had been washed up on the beach. He saw a young girl further down the beach picking up the starfish one by one and throwing them back into the ocean.

    Being a male, he asked the stupid question,‘What are you doing?’

    ‘I am throwing starfishes into the ocean,’ responded the girl. ‘The sea has washed them up onto the beach and if I don’t throw them back before the sun comes up, they will dry up and die.’

    The man looked up and down the beach and observed, ‘But the beach goes on for miles and there are thousands of starfishes. You’ll never throw them all back. There are too many. You can’t possibly make a difference.’

    The girl listened politely, then picked up another starfish, threw it back into the sea, and said, ‘I made a difference to that one.’

    Story originally attributed to Loren Eiseley, "The Star Thrower

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  2. How can human beings who are born with a strong inclination towards selfishness and evil doing, become loving and just? The power for becoming loving and just is not within mortal beings, but within the one whose nature is love and justice (God). If we are in Christ, and Christ in us, love and just will be our nature. It is impossible to embrace love and justice outside Jesus Christ.

    "I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.]" - Philippians 4:13 (Amplified Bible).

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