"Are you a daily Bible reader? It will change your life." ~Jack Carter.
People of impact. I believe we all have them in our lives. They come in all forms. Even books and characters in movies have the ability to be these people of impact. The impact can be on different levels some for a moment, others for a lifetime, and still others for an eternity. Parents I believe have the opportunity for the greatest level of impact on their children on each of those levels, either by their presence or their absence, so those who impact the parents are of vital importance.
I guess it stands to reason using that logic that my grandparents had a major effect on my parents, but if I could pick a person after them that made the greatest impact on their spiritual lives, and in turn mine also, it would be Jack Carter. The reasons are simple, but go so deep. Jack had a love for God, for His Word and for people. In his time with my parents, and with many others, he encouraged them to become daily Bible readers.
I think it was my dad who picked up on this first, and really made an effort to become a daily Bible reader. In turn my mom did also and they encouraged my brother and sister and me to do the same. And just as Jack said, it changed our lives. I'm sure he wasn't the first to say it, and know he won't be the last, but his encouragement as well as his example in that area and in so many others has helped to change our lives.
It's the simple things done over and over that accumulate and make a life and in Jack's case a life lived well that helped countless people. So don't give up on the seemingly little things that don't always seem to make a difference. So often people of impact are made in those little moments and we don't always know ahead of time which moments those will be, but they are sure to come if we will strive in the little moments and the big to be the servant for God, He put us here to be.
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." ~Galatians 6:9
