Last Sunday's theme in church was ripples. In Sunday school we talked about sin makes ripples but so does grace. When you sin, lie lie or lose your temper, it makes ripples and has effects you could never see. I forget who frist said this but hurt people hurt people. But just as sin and hurt ripple through us grace and love cause ripples in our lives. To see this we only have to look at the pay it coward movement. We all have moments that shape us, those ripples from others. Some we can trace others we can't.
Let me give you an example. My salvation story starts before I was born. My salvation ripples from my moms salvation. My moms salvation ripples out from the influence of a person she met on her high school bus. A lady I may never met, but she influenced my life. This just goes to show how your actions can change the life of someone you may never met, for good or bad.