We too easily minimize the good that can be done by seemingly insignificant people in inconsequential places. Ours is a world where influence is measured by the number of likes or followers on social media. For every fantastic story that goes viral, there are countless others that are never told – stories about faithful people aware of their smallness in obscure or forgotten places who bless the world. History reminds us that those “small” stories matter, more than we may ever know.
I have my own small role to play, and so do you.
–Tracy Balzer, A Journey of Sea and Stone, p. 50-51
Photo: South Riding, Virginia, January 17, 2025