{"id":990,"date":"2011-08-21T06:36:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T10:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=990"},"modified":"2011-08-19T10:38:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T14:38:13","slug":"changed-lives-change-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/08\/changed-lives-change-lives.html","title":{"rendered":"Changed Lives Change Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every wonder if what you do makes a difference?<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

I was having one of those moments this week. Then I browsed through some of my messages from the past few days. There I saw:<\/p>\n

-An 8th grader who contacted me for information on how to end modern slavery.<\/p>\n

-A friend whose church raised money to provide Bibles for a girl’s Bible study at a detention center.<\/p>\n

-Another friend sharing stories of his recent mission trip to the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

-A former student headed to another country to share his faith through music.<\/p>\n

-A picture from my 2-year old daughter blowing on a dandelion puff in our yard.<\/p>\n

-A copy of a book I had worked on that was featured at a conference in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

-An old friend from college about to celebrate his 13th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n

-A former classmate preparing to move to India to change lives through education.<\/p>\n

Everything counts. It may not makes sense at the moment, but your actions today will change the world for better or worse.<\/p>\n

Choose to change the world where you are.<\/p>\n

You won’t regret it.<\/p>\n

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DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong> is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has investigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books include Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>, Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and Thirst No More<\/em> (October). Discover more at ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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