A whole lot of "one" can really make a difference...

Feel like you could never make an impact in this big old world? You're only one person. We all feel that way sometimes.

Here's some great reminders about the power of one (when it joins with other "ones"). It comes from an old issue of the Atlanta Journal Consititution (8-22-04) and an article named, "A penny saved." The article shows the power of pennies when they join forces:

• A one cent per case increase of Coca-Cola would bring the company $45 million a year.
• A one cent-per-gallon increase in the price of jet fuel increases Delta Airline's company costs by $25 million a year.
• A one cent increase in the hourly wage for all the employees of Home Depot amounts to $6.5 million a year.
• If Krispy Kreme increased the cost of each donut by one penny, the company would increase profits by $27 million.

Lots of implications here for Christians...if we really began to join together and live as one the impact in the world could be increased exponentially. I think that might have been what Jesus wanted when he prayed,

"I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you." (Jn. 17:20-21)

Sometimes we need to get caught up in what could be instead of what is...