In 1972, NASA launched the Pioneer 10 space probe. Its ambitious mission: to circle Jupiter and its moons, beaming pictures back to earth.
The Pioneer completed its mission and then some. Finishing up at Jupiter, it continued past Uranus, Neptune, Pluto—for 25 years, that space probe sent photos covering more than 6 billion miles.
Ready for this? The probe did all that with an 8-watt transmitter—about the power of a child's bedroom nightlight.
This is Howard Butt, Jr., of Laity Lodge. Let no one—including yourself—look at the obvious and limit what you can do. Remember Pioneer 10 . . . in the high calling of our daily work.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
(Matt. 13:31-32)
(Howard Butt, The High Calling of Our Daily Work, http://www.thehighcalling.org/Library/ViewMessage.asp?MessageID=363&WID=348&T=H&SID=12675)
