Act – a thing done.

Bob Pierce – “Don’t fail to do something just because you can’t do everything.”

Proverbs 19.17 – He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will reward him for what he has done.

Parable – One early morning, after a fierce storm had hit the coast, I strolled to the beach for my morning run. Horrified, I saw tens of thousands of starfish had been washed up on the beach by the winds and waves. I was saddened to realize that all of them would die, stranded on the shore, away from the life-giving water. Despairing that there was nothing I could do, I sat down on the sand and put my head in my hands.
Then I heard a sound. I looked up and there in the distance, I saw a boy bending down and then standing, bending down and then standing. Curious, I walked toward him. I saw that he was picking up starfish, one at a time, and throwing them back into the sea.
“What are you doing?” I yelled.
“Saving the starfish,” he replied.
“But don’t you see, there are tens of thousands of them? Nothing you can do will make a difference.”
He did not answer but bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the water. Then he looked at me and smiled and said, “It made a difference to that one!”

African proverb – Pray, but when you pray, rise to your feet.